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From: Craig Andrews <candrews@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: base-system@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Unmasking =dev-libs/openssl-1.1*
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:29:40
Message-Id: 6b33c065a8485d23ee02d50c39c593d5@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Unmasking =dev-libs/openssl-1.1* by Craig Andrews
1 On 06.11.2018 12:53, Craig Andrews wrote:
2 > =dev-libs/openssl-1.1* has been masked since 26 Aug 2016 - that's over
3 > 2 years ago. I think it's time to talk about dropping the mask.
4 >
5 > The tracker issue https://bugs.gentoo.org/592438 currently has 12 open
6 > issues. Some will be closed by tree cleaning.
7 >
8 > package.mask also shows a number of packages being masked because
9 > their latest versions require >=dev-libs/openssl-1.1
10 >
11 > What's the plan for removing this mask?
12 >
13 > Thanks,
14 > ~Craig
15
16 I think we should make a plan for removing this mask. I'm not saying we
17 do it today or tomorrow - but we should do it someday.
18
19 Should we set a date for removing the mask? Should the tracker have 0
20 issues blocking it? Something else?
21
22 Thanks,
23 ~Craig

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Unmasking =dev-libs/openssl-1.1* Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o>