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200607 Pacho Ramos wrote: |
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> I think this is the list of completely unmaintained packages now, |
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> indeed most of them, around 100. |
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-- extract from list -- |
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> media-gfx/imagemagick : 200516 |
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> media-libs/giflib : 200312 |
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> media-libs/libjpeg-turbo : 200328 |
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> media-libs/openjpeg : 200328 |
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> virtual/jpeg : 200606 |
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There have been upgrades of all these in recent months : |
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dates when I upgraded on my desktop system are added (the last yesterday). |
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Surely, that means someone is maintaining them. |
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Perhaps the culprits could own up (smile). |
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As a long-time user, I find it disturbing |
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that a huge list of packages should suddenly be declared unmaintained, |
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esp as some of them -- eg above -- are likely needed by most users. |
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