[gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite: media-gfx/pngcrush

[Ryan Hill]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:41:21 -0600
Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote:

> > Isn't this the same situation with gcc stabilizations? Once the
> > timeframe for fixing broken packages with e.g gcc-4.5 is passed, the
> > remaining broken packages will be gone.
>
> Absolutely not.  They aren't even masked.  There are usually a few niche
> packages that can't be fixed but are in use.  People can switch to a previous
> version if they ever have to rebuild them.

To clarify:  we keep old versions of gcc in the tree for a reason, and it's
not because we're history buffs.  "Doesn't build with GCC x.x" alone is never
grounds for removal. "Is unmaintained and doesn't build with GCC x.x" is
perfectly fine, however, and some people use the gcc trackers to identify such
packages.  Maybe that's the correlation you see.


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