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 B75D01387C3 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:26:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7216421C03D; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:26:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ia0-f175.google.com (mail-ia0-f175.google.com [209.85.210.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 753D621C02C for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:26:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ia0-f175.google.com with SMTP id r4so5105745iaj.6 for ; Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:26:46 -0800 (PST) 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 :content-transfer-encoding; bh=AczufqYfQvSwquBAfD4vVCiAxywbV32pu76MmOOEGOI=; b=MakOgWUD5+Pq88YMJItLEdrz4IsRlrK8G1sl+61DuVI52ez5GmHko6s4SyNljZz2T5 ULGWoFU79D1yMbh6kzDM9W83+KfCSMwRX9cHNuf+GhffGCKZ9MwIw3pPLcNv45Z/ihUm nevietP1ZNsh2h99MDLeQNLuzxib+QVgk359xcFfetDoYYNVTshAHF9IIYsWqKdFELg/ 0Pf2gT5bYenp9VQeCV7ORh+vy9rijISGopPD24LFTeDlMMhcT4+gBf5ICIJcChe4RYj4 8gkizhFJ1PvrQgHjPxMlh0AFb36Glv9QqmwQ2lA+SS+ySL3BI79ba4Io0vQ5+/Rl6ztc /bBQ== 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 10.50.208.7 with SMTP id ma7mr949226igc.26.1359718006665; Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:26:46 -0800 (PST) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.30.231 with HTTP; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 03:26:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <510BA4ED.9030405@flameeyes.eu> References: <510BA4ED.9030405@flameeyes.eu> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 06:26:46 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: sf5Gva9szKwwaGOBKgFJsdbZKuE Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Please stop useless removals From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: dd077969-6655-41e4-b3e2-70d7500a76b9 X-Archives-Hash: c8388ae7a06c69f91e060848c25b6640 On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Diego Elio Petten=F2 wrote: > On 01/02/2013 12:11, Rich Freeman wrote: >> I do think it is a loss for Gentoo if we start removing packages >> simply because they don't change (which is all a dead upstream means - >> it isn't always a bad thing). > > The problem is that a package that doesn't change _will_ bitrot. Full sto= p. > Then remove it when it does. Full stop. Rich