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Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 00:35:02 +0000
From: Stuart Herbert <stuart.herbert@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for January
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On 1/8/06, Carsten Lohrke <carlo@gentoo.org> wrote:
> I think I'm too late for this month, but want to put it on the table before I
> forget about it. I'd appreciate a three months moratorium, disallowing
> everyone to add new packages to the tree (despite new dependencies of
> existing packages), so everyone is forced/asked to put his energy in existing
> ebuilds, especially unmaintained ones. Sort of spring-cleaning, because parts
> of the tree look like a dump.
I agree that some cleaning is needed (and some of my packages are
desperate for it!), but I'm totally opposed to this idea. I think the
idea of shutting up shop for three months (presumably with a "closed
for refurbishment" sign on the door) would let down our users who rely
on us for regular package updates, and would be a massive PR disaster.
Cleaning is something that has to happen all the time; it needs to be
a natural and sustainable part of what we do every day.
If you feel so strongly about this, why not setup a "cleaning crew"
project that goes around doing exactly this?
Best regards,
Stu
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