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On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 19:18 +0200, Carsten Lohrke wrote: |
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> On Thursday 30 March 2006 01:55, Mark Loeser wrote: |
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> > Not directed specifically at you, but it seems a lot of people are |
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> > masking stuff and removing it very quickly, and I'd really like to see |
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> > everyone wait the 30 days to remove something from the tree. That way |
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> > anyone using this package in some way will get the message from p.mask, |
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> > and know what they should upgrade to. |
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> > With that being said, is there any reason that the package should be |
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> > removed so quickly? |
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> Yes, there is. It's slowing down the process, getting into the flow. Waiting |
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> 30 days is a lot of time. A regular user does not necessarily follow the |
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> dev-gentoo mailing list and it doesn't matter for him, if the package is |
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> masked or removed. He can always get it from (web-)cvs. The time to wait is |
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> to give others the time to step up to maintain the package. And if some dev |
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> missed the announcement, nothing is stopping him to reintroduce the it. |
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> Honestly, I don't see the point. |
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exactly, what's the point of removing it so fast? give people a chance |
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to miss it, it does not matter if it's removed or masked only as far as |
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going "woah, what?" and if masked it is a matter of unmasking rather |
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than recommitting |
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in short, if it's slowing down the process, why do you need it to be |
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quick in the first place? |
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