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On 18 March 2010 21:53, Doktor Notor <notordoktor@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:27:50 +0100 |
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> Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote: |
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>> > Since the last option will take time in any case, I guess the first |
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>> > option is the best to achieve the desired goal: make sure Python 3 |
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>> > stays as far away as possible from any system that doesn't need it. |
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>> And the best way to do that is to package.mask it. |
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> Mask in the CVS tree?! Hmmm, there are tons of broken junk long dead |
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> upstream in the tree that doesn't even compile - guess what - not |
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> masked and noone's caring. |
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If that is the case, that is bad practice and should be remedied, |
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not used as an excuse to commit more crimes. |
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> Why on earth would you mask a working |
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> package with extremely active maintainer in CVS |
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Because it is extremely useless to the great majority of users. |
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Cheers, |
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Ben de Groot |
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Gentoo Linux Qt project lead developer |
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