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On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 02:05:50PM +0100, Tomáš Chvátal wrote: |
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> Dne So 2. února 2013 12:44:30, Vaeth napsal(a): |
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> > When I came to Gentoo many years ago, this was a very rare problem, |
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> > but the removal of packages has tremendously increased, and it is |
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> > not only me who is observing this problem - there were already some |
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> > threads in the forums, and people planning to but not coming back |
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> > to Gentoo for this reason. |
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> Awesome so they could've get involved and maintain it themselves if they seen |
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> it so crushial for their lives. |
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Agreed. That's why there are last rights announcements with a 30 day |
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delay before the package is actually removed. That is also why we allow |
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people to proxy-maintain packages. |
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In a nutshell, the people complaining about removals should stop |
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complaining and start volunteering to maintain either the packages, or |
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set up some place on github or some other service and maintain the |
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software so we can package it. |
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William |