From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Nq8fw-0001qV-9u for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:29:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4DF9AE0A40; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:29:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pw0-f53.google.com (mail-pw0-f53.google.com [209.85.160.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EF47E06B0 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:29:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj3 with SMTP id 3so798710pwj.40 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=3/jYeoIGWfVTaoWq1tSMeKKRifNWu7jRQ9I5eS17gmA=; b=RttAcl8iygwV1Oi9yt741UiJnRaYcgQH6hA40X0kQo/6RocGuG9X0nZWjOa/8wm2g0 uTF/bNI77fzCAhnkhl2RyIy/zE5ChwvAniSpsU0Sfn/GzigSMglDCKHXER9i3Hlly8Au yqi085dxM2wdsZDV+fF2umCeJtaII3xaTmMvE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=P1cANPWLr4h8bwHDebq0o9hIAQ1CfcfDEX4WYNFBTWv2STNRzz3iL2z4iCOWBIE1HU qE2iEbNnlVS0YuA1sCfRiZzjFVrxU9DIFmbzUQo0ZOFm6ze7rM1qMMwBinh53xV8JKlM neqjewExPCYDmx1K4BJFFflvD0MsIWoUqtLV0= 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: yngwin.gentoo@gmail.com Received: by 10.115.66.25 with SMTP id t25mr2874991wak.48.1268414956298; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:29:16 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 6eaac41fe2a1138a Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Qt3 mask breaks significant science packages From: Ben de Groot To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: bce14fbd-f1ae-4484-a3f7-eda56ed97b2f X-Archives-Hash: 741b23221d28bd460fe1687e5b5549a7 On 12 March 2010 14:18, Robert Bradbury wrote: > It would appear that the pending (0321) mask of Qt3 will break > sci-misc/qcad, sci-chemistry/xdrawchem and x11-misc/glunarclock. The mask has already been in place since March 1st. > a) Has research been done to determine whether there are replacements for > these packages and why aren't they suggested in the mask comments? See the discussion in the relevant bugs and on the forums. For qcad see bug #284896 and for xdrawchem bug #299588. Glunarclock is unrelated. > b) If one is forced to run Qt3 in order to support these older packages, is > there *good* documentation on how to do this (and why isn't this > suggested in the mask comments)? Because package.mask is not the right place for documentation. It does refer to bug #283429, the tracker bug for the Qt3 mask and removal. This in turn refers to our announcement [1] which mentions that Qt3 and packages depending on it will remain available in the community-maintained kde-sunset overlay. > So before there is a rush to remove ebuilds it should be asked > whether it is possible to produce a static build and/or whether there is a > clear path provided for the retention of "legacy" packages? There is no rush. We first announced this in July 2009 [2] and then again in December [1]. We have given every opportunity to find appropriate upgrade paths. As mentioned, users who for some reason need or want to keep using legacy packages can use the kde-sunset overlay. 1: http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev-announce/msg_f295c1c2d9d70238d289de3a7ed5bf5c.xml 2: http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev-announce/msg_d851e05567d538b662f34de8dfdb7316.xml Cheers, -- Ben de Groot Gentoo Linux developer (qt, media, lxde, desktop-misc) ______________________________________________________