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On Thursday 30 March 2006 01:55, Mark Loeser wrote: |
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> Not directed specifically at you, but it seems a lot of people are |
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> masking stuff and removing it very quickly, and I'd really like to see |
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> everyone wait the 30 days to remove something from the tree. That way |
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> anyone using this package in some way will get the message from p.mask, |
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> and know what they should upgrade to. |
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> With that being said, is there any reason that the package should be |
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> removed so quickly? |
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Yes, there is. It's slowing down the process, getting into the flow. Waiting |
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30 days is a lot of time. A regular user does not necessarily follow the |
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dev-gentoo mailing list and it doesn't matter for him, if the package is |
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masked or removed. He can always get it from (web-)cvs. The time to wait is |
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to give others the time to step up to maintain the package. And if some dev |
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missed the announcement, nothing is stopping him to reintroduce the it. |
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Honestly, I don't see the point. |
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Carsten |
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