[gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: dev-lang/ruby-cvs

[Hans de Graaff <graaff@gentoo.org>]

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:49:05 -0400, Doug Goldstein wrote:

> Hans de Graaff wrote:
>> dev-lang/ruby-cvs builds the latest Ruby 1.9.x version from CVS.
>> Except... upstream has moved to SVN, so this ebuild no longer works.
>> It's now masked and will be removed in 30 days.
>> 
>> 
> Is there any point in waiting 30 days? Since the ebuild just doesn't
> work because of a VCS change, it's clear it won't work at all for anyone
> no matter how much hacking they do. The 30 day rule in this case should
> not apply.

I agree that in this case it's not needed, but I think it's the courteous 
thing to do and AFAIK no electrons will be unduly harmed by it. Also, it 
makes it easier for someone in the ruby team to look at the ebuild for 
reference when working on the ruby-svn ebuild.

Hans

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