Re: [gentoo-dev] Dropping localepurge

[Alec Warner]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:
> 120129 Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Sunday 29 January 2012 00:01:50 Philip Webb wrote:
>>> Below is the output from 'localepurge' after this week's system update.
>>> Please don't drop it till 'should' does = 'does'.
>> the vast majority of that output comes from like 3 or 4 packages.
>
> All of it comes from  6  packages which I recently installed/updated :
>  evince gdk-pix-buf rekonq xkeyboard-config gnome-doc-utils sane-backends
> The total rubbish cleaned out for these  6  was  > 9 MB .
> The last  3  belong to major projects -- X Gnome Sane -- ,
> which suggests that other pkgs they manage may suffer the same defect.
>
>> file bugs if you want things to actually get fixed.
>
> No, that's not the way it should be handled.
> Filing bugs --  6  of them in this case -- is no guarantee of attention even,
> let alone action to fix the problem.  Moreover, if it's fixable by Gentoo,
> the dev involved should do it as a matter of course without needing a bug.

Wallpapering (and subsequently not reporting) the problem just means
it will never be fixed.

>
> There is a perfectly effective script which cleans up the mess
> & the only problem with it seems to be temporary lack of a maintainer,
> who is not essential anyway if there's nothing which needs fixing
> & should not be difficult to replace with a simple request for a volunteer.
>
> Please leave 'localepurge' where it is.
>
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