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From: Bernard Cafarelli <voyageur@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: gnustep-libs/pdfkit gnustep-libs/imagekits gnustep-apps/viewpdf
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:33:27
Message-Id: 20070911210109.2942192f@enterprise.cafarelli.fr
1 Hi everyone, here are three candidates (or should I say winners) for
2 removal from the tree:
3
4 gnustep-libs/pdfkit is not maintained anymore upstream, does not
5 compile with gcc 4.x, does not compile with stable freetype, has a
6 security bug open (bugs #131690, #172887, #188146, #188185), has a
7 working replacement (gnustep-libs/popplerkit)
8
9 gnustep-libs/imagekits has dead upstream, includes (and depends
10 on) pdfkit, and no other ebuild depends on it
11
12 gnustep-apps/viewpdf depends on pdfkit, and also has a working
13 replacement (gnustep-apps/vindaloo)
14
15 All of them are now package.masked, pending removal
16
17 --
18 Bernard Cafarelli (Voyageur)
19 NX and GNUstep Gentoo developer
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