[gentoo-user] net-nntp/inn - This package is masked and could be removed soon!

[gentoo-user] net-nntp/inn - This package is masked and could be removed soon!

[Grant Taylor]

Hi,

I happily use net-nntp/inn on my server and was surprised to find that 
it is now masked and apparently up for removal.  It looks like 
maintenance has dropped off on the package.

I've never maintained a portage overlay or otherwise contributed to 
Gentoo (save for mailing lists).  As such I don't know what I can do to 
help.

I did skim the Proxy Maintainers page [1] and don't know that I'm ready 
to tackle that much responsibility.  Is there something else that I can 
do to help avoid the removal of the net-nntp/inn package?  Possibly at 
least keep it around as a masked package?

Does anyone have any recommendations before blindly diving head first 
into something I'll regret by assuming responsibility that I'm not sure 
I'm ready for?

Thanks for any pointers in advance.

[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers

Resending from the correct email address.  —  Thunderbird upgrade took 
out the Correct-Identity add-on.  :-(



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Grant. . . .
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Re: [gentoo-user] net-nntp/inn - This package is masked and could be removed soon!

[R0b0t1]

On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 1:28 PM Grant Taylor
<gtaylor@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I happily use net-nntp/inn on my server and was surprised to find that
> it is now masked and apparently up for removal.  It looks like
> maintenance has dropped off on the package.
>
> I've never maintained a portage overlay or otherwise contributed to
> Gentoo (save for mailing lists).  As such I don't know what I can do to
> help.
>
> I did skim the Proxy Maintainers page [1] and don't know that I'm ready
> to tackle that much responsibility.  Is there something else that I can
> do to help avoid the removal of the net-nntp/inn package?  Possibly at
> least keep it around as a masked package?
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations before blindly diving head first
> into something I'll regret by assuming responsibility that I'm not sure
> I'm ready for?
>
> Thanks for any pointers in advance.
>

It depends why it is up for removal. Fix that issue and submit a pull
requests via GitHub or via email to gentoo-dev. If using gentoo-dev
there is the possibility that it will never be allowed through the
filter, so perhaps ask about it on IRC as well.

In the rare chance that the package is just being removed because it's
old, making gentoo-dev aware that you use it should be enough.
Otherwise bump the version.

Cheers,
    R0b0t1

[gentoo-user] Re: net-nntp/inn - This package is masked and could be removed soon!

[Nuno Silva]

On 2018-11-25, R0b0t1 wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 1:28 PM Grant Taylor
> <gtaylor@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I happily use net-nntp/inn on my server and was surprised to find that
>> it is now masked and apparently up for removal.  It looks like
>> maintenance has dropped off on the package.
>>
>> I've never maintained a portage overlay or otherwise contributed to
>> Gentoo (save for mailing lists).  As such I don't know what I can do to
>> help.
>>
>> I did skim the Proxy Maintainers page [1] and don't know that I'm ready
>> to tackle that much responsibility.  Is there something else that I can
>> do to help avoid the removal of the net-nntp/inn package?  Possibly at
>> least keep it around as a masked package?
>>
>> Does anyone have any recommendations before blindly diving head first
>> into something I'll regret by assuming responsibility that I'm not sure
>> I'm ready for?
>>
>> Thanks for any pointers in advance.
>>
>
> It depends why it is up for removal. Fix that issue and submit a pull
> requests via GitHub or via email to gentoo-dev. If using gentoo-dev
> there is the possibility that it will never be allowed through the
> filter, so perhaps ask about it on IRC as well.

Why not bugzilla? Is there some new rule suggesting that bugzilla
shouldn't be used?

You might have just forgotten to mention it, that's okay -- I'm just
asking because bugzilla bugs 601032, 660966 and 663432 have made me
wonder if there is something going on, and I want to be sure I didn't
miss anything.

Especially 601032, which is about to turn 1 year old.

> In the rare chance that the package is just being removed because it's
> old, making gentoo-dev aware that you use it should be enough.
> Otherwise bump the version.

-- 
Nuno Silva