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From: Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Qt3 mask breaks significant science packages
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:10:33
Message-Id: 20100312170731.603580e0@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Qt3 mask breaks significant science packages by Ben de Groot
1 On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:33:12 +0100
2 Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On 12 March 2010 16:59, Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o> wrote:
5 > > Or like the old gtk-1: completely abandon the package and let the
6 > > consumers upgrade slowly. IMHO this is the less annoying approach for
7 > > everyone.
8 >
9 > Abandoned packages do not belong in the portage tree. That's
10 > why we have a treecleaners project.
11
12 The treecleaners project is tasked with keeping these packages working, and
13 removing them only if there is no other alternative.
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17 fonts, by design, by neglect
18 gcc-porting, for a fact or just for effect
19 wxwidgets @ gentoo EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 0662

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