From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 739AB158094 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 21:27:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 47EEBE10E2; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 21:27:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from covici.com (debian-2.covici.com [166.84.7.93]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B7068E10C7 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 21:27:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (ccs.covici.com [70.109.51.194]) (authenticated bits=0) by covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-22) with ESMTPSA id 28PLSpcI1172715 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 17:28:52 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.17.1.9/8.17.1) with ESMTPS id 28PLRGia2839926 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 17:27:17 -0400 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.17.1.9/8.17.1/Submit) id 28PLRGiD2839925; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 17:27:16 -0400 Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 17:27:16 -0400 Message-ID: From: John Covici To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] seems lots of packages no longer in the tree In-Reply-To: <20220925211641.612bce51@digimed.co.uk> References: <02d74fea5e3c5c3a2d23aa86658f0a620f864462.camel@gentoo.org> <20220925211641.612bce51@digimed.co.uk> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI-EPG/1.14.7 (Harue) FLIM-LB/1.14.9 (=?ISO-8859-4?Q?Goj=F2?=) APEL-LB/10.8 EasyPG/1.0.0 Emacs/28.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Organization: Covici Computer Systems Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI-EPG 1.14.7 - "Harue") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Archives-Salt: 07105e96-8482-4611-9203-bd5fabcd51ba X-Archives-Hash: ad98be9144001dd879e120a542a1cc88 On Sun, 25 Sep 2022 16:16:41 -0400, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > [1 ] > On Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:07:38 -0400, John Covici wrote: > > > > think it was removed for a similar reason: > > > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/791004 > > > > > It was mrxvt. But why would the announcement list specify valid > > versions for those packages, if they have been removed? > > It specifies the affected versions that were in the tree, probably > because those are what people may have installed. It also states " > > Resolution > ========== > > Gentoo has discontinued support for Mrxvt. We recommend that users > remove it: > > # emerge --ask --depclean "x11-terms/mrxvt" > > with similar recommendations for the other packages you mention, except > for oracle-jdk where it recommends alternatives. OK, I usually don't read past the effected packages part, so I didn't see those recomendations -- thanks. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@ccs.covici.com