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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Torsten Veller <ml-en@××××××.net>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: gentoo-x86 commit in perl-core/IO-Compress:
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:03:18
Message-Id: 201008231706.04406.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: gentoo-x86 commit in perl-core/IO-Compress: by Torsten Veller
1 On Monday, August 23, 2010 16:25:37 Torsten Veller wrote:
2 > * "Mike Frysinger (vapier)" <vapier@g.o>:
3 > > Log:
4 > > Add proper blockers to old split packages #274443.
5 > >
6 > > RDEPEND="virtual/perl-Scalar-List-Utils
7 > > >=virtual/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-${PV}
8 > > - >=virtual/perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-${PV}"
9 > > + >=virtual/perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-${PV}
10 > > + !perl-core/Compress-Zlib
11 > > + !perl-core/IO-Compress-Zlib
12 > > + !perl-core/IO-Compress-Bzip2
13 > > + !perl-core/IO-Compress-Base"
14 >
15 > How long do you think the blockers should exist?
16 > 12 months ago they were removed from perl-core.
17 > 16 months ago they were moved from dev-perl to perl-core. Do you want to
18 > block them too?
19
20 i re-added them because i just hit them on a box that while not kept up-to-
21 date every week, i wouldnt consider "old". i also dont think the "12 months"
22 quote there fully encapsulates the time frame of things being in stable. this
23 box certainly was up-to-date less than 12 months ago and it apparently missed
24 this blocker time frame.
25
26 personally, i'd let these blockers sit for quite some time since it is really
27 no overhead and doesnt require maintenance.
28 -mike

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