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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@×××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages with same name was -> Conversion of Emacs virtual packages
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 17:00:15
Message-Id: 20070517175354.2ee6fd41@snowflake
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages with same name was -> Conversion of Emacs virtual packages by "William L. Thomson Jr."
1 On Thu, 17 May 2007 12:48:11 -0400
2 "William L. Thomson Jr." <wltjr@g.o> wrote:
3 > > > http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=155
4 > >
5 > > Not for the versions in the tree they don't.
6 >
7 > You mean 0.5.3 released 2003-12-28. IMHO that borderlines a stale
8 > package or one that should be punted. Or at min bumped since there has
9 > been two releases since then. With the latest one being 0.5.5
10 > 2006-11-19.
11
12 Eh, perhaps the vim herd could take a look at that -- maybe someone
13 should file a bug about it. Although perhaps the version in the tree
14 works just fine, which is why no-one's noticed that there's an update.
15
16 > So is that app really used? Does anyone care about? Sure looks like
17 > not in both cases.
18
19 'Twas added to the tree at user request. Given that Java's basically a
20 dead language and only being used for legacy applications now, it's
21 probably not necessary any more. But then, keeping at least one of the
22 colliding app-vim/ packages around is probably a good idea if only to
23 remind people why categories exist...
24
25 --
26 Ciaran McCreesh

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages with same name was -> Conversion of Emacs virtual packages Josh Sled <jsled@××××××××××××.org>