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On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 03:05:18PM -0500, Doug Goldstein wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:23:03 +0200 |
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> > Matti Bickel <mabi@g.o> wrote: |
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> > |
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> >> On 07/17/2010 09:58 PM, Matti Bickel wrote: |
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> >> > since there's no dev-lang/php-5.1* version in the tree anymore, this |
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> >> > eclass is useless. It will be removed on 17th August 2010. |
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> >> |
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> >> I've just been told by scarabeus that eclass removal is a two years |
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> >> minimum process. So it'll be removed 17th August 2012 and marked #@DEAD |
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> >> (deprived of functionality) in the next days. |
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> > |
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> > /me shakes his fist once again at the inanity of this policy. |
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> > |
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> > |
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> |
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> Just remove it! If the council can not be bothered to help developers |
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> develop but instead hinder developers from developing, then they are |
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> no longer relevant and should be treated as such. Other course of |
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> action could always be that they should all be kicked out and replaced |
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> with a suitable organization to ensure Gentoo's technical and |
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> developmental success. |
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Thats a bit harsh :) |
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We are already planning to re-visit this issue: |
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http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_fcd62364eb57125a651397a5328a7af9.xml |
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> -- |
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> Doug Goldstein |
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Alex Alexander :: wired |
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