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 590711381F3 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:23:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EDD4921C14B; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:23:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eagle.jhcloos.com (eagle.jhcloos.com [207.210.242.212]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 560D721C145 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:22:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eagle.jhcloos.com (Postfix, from userid 10) id 2C06240113; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:21:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=jhcloos.com; s=eagle; t=1355509326; bh=M0LLP6GDjSYjZMoZcSoGV/bVl9C4m306ScAZjntjMxA=; h=From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=T/ThQ4DWJHPiumu13DicyURmkw29hdMEPIfff9XUlIzFzd0Eay5J5pTPN6QDdqfR7 y8l22c/pmLIatiXz4OeGPUdl5DTVvXF6nKbv5Vq52c83Rom8Gyz9wlrMKVlGLlBk0T lFkb6TEaCXb7Wol9ip7TNcDwyvSvXaU9DH527wMo= Received: by carbon.jhcloos.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id B82E660811; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:37:05 +0000 (UTC) From: James Cloos To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Cleaning tree of outdated packages In-Reply-To: <20121213234910.GA22573@linux1> (William Hubbs's message of "Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:49:10 -0600") References: <50CA0738.2010305@gentoo.org> <50CA1F0E.4080007@gentoo.org> <50CA259C.70406@gentoo.org> <20121213234910.GA22573@linux1> User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQAgMAAABinRfyAAAACVBMVEX///8ZGXBQKKnCrDQ3 AAAAJElEQVQImWNgQAAXzwQg4SKASgAlXIEEiwsSIYBEcLaAtMEAADJnB+kKcKioAAAAAElFTkSu QmCC Copyright: Copyright 2012 James Cloos OpenPGP: ED7DAEA6; url=http://jhcloos.com/public_key/0xED7DAEA6.asc OpenPGP-Fingerprint: E9E9 F828 61A4 6EA9 0F2B 63E7 997A 9F17 ED7D AEA6 Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:37:05 -0500 Message-ID: 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 Content-Type: text/plain X-Hashcash: 1:30:121214:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org::PqM5bDRWuVMm8GPg:000000000000000000000000000000000/CCqm X-Archives-Salt: e82048ce-8149-45de-8888-f9661f072d91 X-Archives-Hash: 221028c75ecb59d5ecded7abbe2a4540 >>>>> "WH" == William Hubbs writes: WH> For example, glibc-2.9 and gcc-2.95. I think that if we are going to WH> keep things this old in the tree we need a good reason for them. gcc-2.95 is still the current version for some non-mainstream dist+ architecture tuples. The ability to test whether one's code works on 2.95 has value. Of course, if it will not compile on mainstream systems, that is and entirely different story. The older compiles also do support some targets which since have been dropped, should one want to cross-compile for such systems one would require the archaic compiler. In short, as long as it doesn't require *too* much effort, old versions of slotted packages shouldn't be dropped *only* because they are old. -JimC -- James Cloos OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6