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On Samstag, 7. März 2020 18:49:25 CET Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> Just the ebuild being outdated doesn't sound like a sufficient reason |
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> for removal of a package, at least not for those packages that install |
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> applications for the end user. |
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They are python packages and as such they block cleanup of old python |
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versions. Someone has to actually put effort into each of them to keep them |
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alive. |
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> > But that's by no means all ebuilds like that, just a subset Python |
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> > team doesn't see much of a point maintaining. |
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> Why had they been added then, in the first place? |
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Packages get added by someone, then that someone does not care about them |
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anymore and they fall behind. Is that really news? |
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People who see a need for some of those can pick them up as maintainers after |
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all. |
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Regards, |
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Andreas |
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