Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: dev-util/staruml-bin

[James Le Cuirot]

On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 10:35:18 +0100
Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:

> On Sat, 2019-03-16 at 09:31 +0000, James Le Cuirot wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 10:23:00 +0100
> > Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
> >
> > > # Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> (15 Mar 2019)
> > > # Last reverse dependency of dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5* (#656378).  Current
> > > # version is outdated, maintainer is MIA and the new versions are
> > > # in distro-unfriendly AppImage format (#661740).
> > > # Removal in 30 days.  Bug #677486.
> > > dev-util/staruml-bin
> > > =dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5*
> >
> > I don't care about staruml-bin but libgcrypt is one of those legacy
> > libraries that would be helpful to keep around for older proprietary
> > software that is not in the tree. In particular, it is used by
> > Half-Life 2 and Portal, not exactly obscure games. It is included in
> > the Steam runtime but we highly recommend against using that because it
> > causes many issues.
>
> I don't understand why would you want to run some proprietary native
> executables requiring obsolete libraries on your system when HL2 works
> perfectly via wine, and gets a nice performance boost via Gallium Nine.

That is even more viable now that Steam can be forced to use Proton but
I still choose native, as I'm sure many would.

> > If you want me to maintain this version then I can do that. If it's
> > otherwise causing real issues by being in the tree then I could move it
> > to steam-overlay but I'd rather not. There may be non-Steam use cases.
>
> Yeah, moving to Steam overlay is what I'd suggest.  However, you want to
> talk to crypto@ people since they flagged it for removal.

Will do.

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James Le Cuirot (chewi)
Gentoo Linux Developer