From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F918138010 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:48:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 38C43E0D09; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:48:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-f175.google.com (mail-vc0-f175.google.com [209.85.220.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 419C8E0CF6 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:48:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f175.google.com with SMTP id hf12so355513vcb.34 for ; Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:48:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=gdUXnETUMe91kMvQtjGCIejhlergk64LWDkxW5W2UuA=; b=y44ZBG3GmxP1YV60zp0mW+FXGfkS7tOxQDxGXTaXkfbOnlzOblc54AZACpcixEfBwh kfBia/Gt3+4WoPb/GDoFGv6FKx5sQAQdmwE72tH0qQurZltiXJALGFCwQhhpi6B/JSIt prLpjFn1OBc/4NC8DK6VfMZP4c3euNQuoUqzHGfmIOhdtCksR+1d45FGJMDrhBEyP3sZ CBxcC1L0EwRvm2ArgPnT77uTDpVQMwG7N107spu+1wt6VXym5LR4mZoavfpSmI4UJBFz KDyjgwB9riSGtaR88YM0jZv0jsPJY9akHp2FlswkEzS/UkZHRUqpBpKNiaAw1iCWygu/ o7+A== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.109.5 with SMTP id ho5mr10525063vdb.75.1364906891380; Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:48:11 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.101.225 with HTTP; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 05:48:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130402143744.532b4ae8@portable> References: <515ACE47.3030206@gentoo.org> <20130402142933.2e76831c@portable> <515ACFDA.4090605@gentoo.org> <20130402143744.532b4ae8@portable> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 08:48:11 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: eOmcUfy5xL5wik_K8AjB6VeBRE8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] bash-3.1 stable From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: a4a62cf7-4547-45da-8605-c25a555f52f7 X-Archives-Hash: 064a8289f45854d67d9a04684f0edc11 On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Alexis Ballier wrote: > but what's the problem with keeping it and not breaking older > upgrade paths? > This whole discussion seems a bit academic. Somebody pointed out that we have a version of bash we might not need any longer. If by some miracle the bash maintainers weren't already aware of it, they are now. If they want to keep it around for some reason, who cares? There is enough bikeshedding when it comes to treecleaning the packages that aren't being maintained. I don't think we need to debate the merits of the packages that are. Rich