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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: media-tv/tvtime
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:01:35
Message-Id: CAG2jQ8jkDv8o2ty=of_x+CmRwkbxqmxzRfgNp_Dd8GLkMc5NvA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: media-tv/tvtime by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Mar 24, 2013 1:19 AM, "Nikos Chantziaras" <realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > On 24/03/13 02:12, Markos Chandras wrote:
4 >>
5 >> On 24 March 2013 00:02, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
6 >>>
7 >>> On 23/03/13 01:15, Markos Chandras wrote:
8 >>>>
9 >>>>
10 >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
11 >>>> Hash: SHA512
12 >>>>
13 >>>> # Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> (22 Mar 2013)
14 >>>> # Fails with automake-1.12 (#424289)
15 >>>> # Problems with the alsa patches (#403389)
16 >>>> # Herd has not interest in it and needs a maintainer
17 >>>> # Removal in a month unless a new maintainer steps up
18 >>>> # and fix all the bugs
19 >>>> # Alternatives: media-tv/me-tv, media-tv/mythtv
20 >>>> media-tv/tvtime
21 >>>
22 >>>
23 >>>
24 >>> These aren't alternatives (they're only dealing with digital TV, not
25 >>> analog.) AFAIK, tvtime has no alternatives at all. If it goes, analog
26 TV
27 >>> users can't watch TV anymore :-/
28 >>
29 >>
30 >> Nothing I can do. It has no maintainer and quite a few outstanding
31 >> bugs. If people need it, they should probably move it to a local
32 >> overlay.
33 >
34 >
35 > Shouldn't this be marked as maintainer-needed instead of dropping it?
36 >
37 >
38 How would that help fixing all the open bugs? Maintainer-needed@g.o is for
39 packages that have no maintainer. If they are broken we remove these as well

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