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From: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last-rites: dev-libs/liboobs
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2020 09:02:22
Message-Id: 2497883.lGaqSPkdTl@tuxbrain
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last-rites: dev-libs/liboobs by Peter Stuge
1 On Tuesday, 4 August 2020 00:23:44 CEST Peter Stuge wrote:
2 > Jimi Huotari wrote:
3 > > # Jimi Huotari <chiitoo@g.o> (2020-08-04)
4 > > # No consumers since 2015, and no known stand-alone use.
5 > > # Removal in 30 days.
6 > > dev-libs/liboobs
7 >
8 > Wut - isn't that a really poor reason to remove from the tree? :\
9 >
10 > Why not just keep it unless there is an actual technical problem?
11 > (Security, maintainability, etc.) If there is, then please mention it.
12
13 If you know a reason to keep it, please mention it.
14
15 Otherwise, a non-high-profile library that had no consumers in 2015 has no
16 business of staying in tree in 2020.
17
18 I rather have the current maintainer, fully aware of its redundancy, send
19 those last-rites instead of effectively asking a poor random dev in the future
20 to completely unnecessarily waste time on maintenance or do the necessary
21 research before removing it.
22
23 Regards

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