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From: Alin Nastac <mrness@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: app-portage/genlop: 9 open bugs, dead upstream
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:36:13
Message-Id: 42E4B1EA.9090106@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: app-portage/genlop: 9 open bugs, dead upstream by Michael Cummings
1 Michael Cummings wrote:
2
3 >As the original handler of genlop (it was assigned to perl herd when it
4 >first was asked to be added, since its written in perl) I strongly vote
5 >against dropping the package (ok, I didn't even realize it had been
6 >switched over to the portage-tools group for maintenance, and as such
7 >that there were even bugs open against it). The funny thing about no
8 >more activity upstream is this: why would there be? Except for bug
9 >fixes, it does a simple job, and it does it damned well: it parses your
10 >emerge log and gives you just the output you want and need. Don't
11 >abandon a tool just because it has reached its final state ;)
12 >
13 >
14 >
15 Well, a homepage would be a nice thing to have.
16 I also think that is a very useful tool. If no one will step forward, I
17 will take its maintainership.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: app-portage/genlop: 9 open bugs, dead upstream Ivan Yosifov <ivan@×××××××.net>