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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] bash-3.1 stable
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:48:15
Message-Id: CAGfcS_kEAeAUzOuogZDP06eCEcinSgU5_ZRSARdhif0unUAWqg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] bash-3.1 stable by Alexis Ballier
1 On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o> wrote:
2 > but what's the problem with keeping it and not breaking older
3 > upgrade paths?
4 >
5
6 This whole discussion seems a bit academic. Somebody pointed out that
7 we have a version of bash we might not need any longer. If by some
8 miracle the bash maintainers weren't already aware of it, they are
9 now. If they want to keep it around for some reason, who cares?
10
11 There is enough bikeshedding when it comes to treecleaning the
12 packages that aren't being maintained. I don't think we need to
13 debate the merits of the packages that are.
14
15 Rich

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Re: [gentoo-dev] bash-3.1 stable Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>