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From: "Petteri Räty" <betelgeuse@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] net-wireless/gtkskan package.masked pending removal
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:32:12
Message-Id: 449D6755.1090502@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] net-wireless/package.masked pending removal by "Petteri Räty"
1 Petteri Räty wrote:
2 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75674#c8
3 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48686#c1
4 >
5 > Copied from second link:
6 >
7 >> I have announced the end-of-life for this package on gentoo-dev and
8 >> gentoo-user, as:
9 >>
10 >> 1) It only compiles against gtk+-1.2, which is highly outdated.
11 >> 2) It only compiles against GNOME 1.4, which is even more highly a piece of
12 >> junk.
13 >> 3) The upstream maintainers haven't touched it in over three years(!)
14 >>
15 >> I think it's time to let this tool go:)
16 >>
17 >> If you vehemently object, please tell me by reopening this bug and explaining
18 >> me the error of my ways. Otherwise, it'll be removed in two weeks' time.
19 >
20 > Well it seems this wasn't removed so it is now package.masked and will
21 > be removed after the usual month.
22 >
23
24 Sorry about the noise. The package in question is net-wireless/gtkskan.
25
26 Regards,
27 Petteri

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