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On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> Mike Gilbert posted on Wed, 25 May 2016 11:52:46 -0400 as excerpted: |
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>> # Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> (25 May 2016) |
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>> # Causes build failures in unrelated packages due to invasive # |
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>> monkey-patching of easy_install (dev-python/setuptools). |
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>> # Remove this package in 30 days. |
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>> # Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/575844 dev-python/buildutils |
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> No revdeps, I take it? |
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Correct. |
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> (Especially with such obvious revdep connotation naming that's commonly |
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> put in the masking notice itself if so, with the revdeps masked as well |
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> if not, so the mention or mask of revdeps as well is obvious by omission |
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> here.) |
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I do try not to mask things that have revdeps; QA gets angry at me |
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when I miss them. |
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I do not find it useful to state the obvious in the mask message. |