From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8FA66139085 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2017 16:29:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 65637E0CFB; Tue, 3 Jan 2017 16:29:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qk0-x232.google.com (mail-qk0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 10991E0CF0 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2017 16:29:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qk0-x232.google.com with SMTP id t184so380320452qkd.0 for ; Tue, 03 Jan 2017 08:29:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to; bh=eWYW+fScRXGgnZyYhlR836Cb4UisBL920pOQtmhz044=; b=iV7ydF5zI+Z8jc9TDRLfV4MtVd0Ri49dVZK4/956HnT6+wYSzwZSUtCjyYfgxwScEA bTkysrGuVDmNjQbLJK8aUxTuQwBKd8gh89u3rQ9ClBZI+NX+jnbu/3gc0T2pD/idfyyV 5LnYfToeck7TGdTJCXabprpUqNTehEiAyZPhByLIGcTTZoY+TE8DqHeNL/5t/UZWIKjd 0nvtFCpzBQthFSUyy6bAB30bhS1vkAvD7Z6rjfaTlV+o6PZoZNGePiz0IlZY1/vUO9H9 i+ofTFb1oIyCVlMmr//Vp9PdnMNjzgIcPS0uMFxlDaFMUM//EEYVJHt8ZWsCSShTuicg N47w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to; bh=eWYW+fScRXGgnZyYhlR836Cb4UisBL920pOQtmhz044=; b=A0PWMY8O4idfBwbmnjpC/DFiqppu5UHSu/A3IDJdibilnZaN6MAeAcnrBY4Od5CGQG uNr24fBc1wvN2AhQJ9jRAACkNNQtRRf5ys8mDEiDdjJgXlNLG7nV54Nnldf0poE1cR3G B1IvMZ71jmfR4WBh9dQq0kQfa7ACWfHQlny9Mcl2hAOxLbbTB1UntfPXNdEH02vzeJh8 LOksTzQBeuZt7qUl2FBF/cKKw1rv8QxGsR2fmhTSrCvjnCNfYwInteNKwgaddS384eNT Q77UxPxuH/5wm+AYsbvgeIX9lq/3jCDCC+6xHYe+aHHpLmWUSqQkSpaPt3YzJBH/BCp1 89ng== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXJaiaE63h+HTJU/hALJqZAyxTzUn6e9izqbXJ0pe4l8wfw4FqdMjwN7VAGrVhxFlONOuX/gtN4ZoMgcEQ== X-Received: by 10.55.25.153 with SMTP id 25mr65839494qkz.132.1483460981081; Tue, 03 Jan 2017 08:29:41 -0800 (PST) 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 Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.140.34.73 with HTTP; Tue, 3 Jan 2017 08:29:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <2819995.c2USjTAJt6@mal> References: <4a185773-6144-69b8-a466-0e554732f12f@gentoo.org> <7959202.qokhvJWHAx@mal> <2819995.c2USjTAJt6@mal> From: Rich Freeman Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 11:29:40 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: BquqjDPDkByGI0kTtzBkufkswBw Message-ID: Subject: Re: Why lastrite when it works? (Was: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due to retirement) To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 620a51b1-c35d-43c8-9f6f-fde1b89b7487 X-Archives-Hash: 09636f43e284597bdf18f453f2abfff9 On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > > Ideas like this is one reason I'm looking for a corpus of pros and cons for > treecleaning. I don't see it as black and white. But having ideas like these > brought up is at least useful. > Sure, and almost any rule has its exceptions. My throwing out my opinion should be viewed as intended to add to the conversation, not halt it. I do think we should have a policy to keep stuff unless there is a good reason to remove it, but perhaps those reasons extend beyond the examples I gave. -- Rich