From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GXH8y-00069j-7T for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:55:36 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9ACsAI7022674; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:54:10 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9ACoSeV031102 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:50:29 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1A4D6481B for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:50:26 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.391 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.391 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.292, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=1.5] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id GYuWnXGTVMuc for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:50:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EEF76447F for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:50:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GXH3Z-0005Pg-V9 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:50:01 +0200 Received: from 82.152.96.138 ([82.152.96.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:50:01 +0200 Received: from slong by 82.152.96.138 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:50:01 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Steve Long Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: Last rites for $package ... Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:50:10 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20060928202827.GA20892@nibiru.local> <451C381D.5060408@gentoo.org> <200609301210.04828.bangert@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.152.96.138 User-Agent: KNode/0.10.4 Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 4217fb7f-f078-40a2-a4a5-db1cf9848ecc X-Archives-Hash: 0b711db9ed30edbd63e3ff4fb447a90a >> Or you haven't talked to me or Beandog at all; since he has been >> working on this a while (now with upgraded tools!). > > what i'd like to see is a system, to which one would give a package name, > which then handles the removal (almost) automatically. > > that way devs would have an easier time actually removing some cruft and > you guys would be freed from typing the same stuff over and over. > this system could be responsible for sending the out last rites mails, > masking the packages in package.mask etc... enrico would get his database > for free, both listing those that are pending removal as well as a > history of removals including the reason plus a pointer to the > corresponding bug... > This sounds like an excellent idea. Do the `upgraded tools' already automate this process? After all, that's what computers are good at- automating workflow. > don't know if that is what you are aiming at, but currently the process of > removing a package is a true chore and i admire your dedication to it. (a > big THANKS btw) > ++ -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list