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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: remove sci-geosciences/googleearth from the tree
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 22:38:50
Message-Id: 51EC62F3.2010603@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: remove sci-geosciences/googleearth from the tree by "Diego Elio Pettenò"
1 On 07/22/2013 12:22 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
2 > On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:16 PM, hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
3 >
4 >> pros:
5 >> - consistency of tree quality
6 does not apply to p.mask'd packages
7
8 >> - less user confusion (the checksum failures alone get us a lot of bugs
9 >> every release without people realizing what it means...) and people
10 >> expect packages to work in the tree
11 maybe
12
13 >> - less bugs no one can do anything about
14 does not apply
15
16 >> - easier contribution of users in an overlay, testing of hacks or other
17 >> stuff to make it work
18 does not apply
19
20 >> - making clear that gentoo does not support software with such low QA
21 does not apply
22
23 >> - making clear that this software is experimental
24 applies
25
26 >>
27 >
28 > Half of those apply also to p.mask'd packages as Duncan pointed out. Maybe
29 > even more than half.
30 >
31 >

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: remove sci-geosciences/googleearth from the tree "Diego Elio Pettenò" <flameeyes@×××××××××.eu>