Re: [gentoo-dev] Graphics Project disbanded [pkgs up for grabs]

[Sam James]

> On 8 Jun 2020, at 00:22, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:
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> 200607 Pacho Ramos wrote:
>> I think this is the list of completely unmaintained packages now,
>> indeed most of them, around 100.
>
> -- extract from list --
>
>> media-gfx/imagemagick : 200516
>> media-libs/giflib : 200312
>> media-libs/libjpeg-turbo : 200328
>> media-libs/openjpeg : 200328
>> virtual/jpeg : 200606
>
> There have been upgrades of all these in recent months :
> dates when I upgraded on my desktop system are added (the last yesterday).

Basically all of these get done by us in security@ because they tend to have vulnerabilities and they are core packages.

> Surely, that means someone is maintaining them.
> Perhaps the culprits could own up (smile).

Maybe. If nobody else does, I will, but it’s easier if someone with +w does for now.

>
> As a long-time user, I find it disturbing
> that a huge list of packages should suddenly be declared unmaintained,
> esp as some of them -- eg above -- are likely needed by most users.

They’re declared to not have a named maintainer — I promise you, they are not going anywhere,
even though this appears concerning. With graphics@, it was an “open secret” that they were
unmaintained, now it’s clear that anyone is welcome to help.

I hope this helps reassure you a bit — the gist is, they’re not going anywhere, and
nobody would let these packages leave the tree.

This is essentially just making the formalities reflect reality — to be clear we’re welcome
to touch these packages and help.

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