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On 02/01/2013 12:20 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: |
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> On 01/02/2013 12:11, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>> I do think it is a loss for Gentoo if we start removing packages |
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>> simply because they don't change (which is all a dead upstream means - |
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>> it isn't always a bad thing). |
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> The problem is that a package that doesn't change _will_ bitrot. Full stop. |
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> Trying to pretend that the problem does not exist, that an unmaintained |
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> package is just as fine as a maintained one is stupid and shortsighted, |
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> and explains why I have 1600 bugs open... |
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Making up new situations up like cross-dev, Gentoo/Prefix, or jet |
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another cluttered C compiler should not doom working software. |
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I agree on your testing effort and practice, but compliance with the |
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weirdest of all setups shouldn't be ultimate reason. |
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Michael Weber |
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Gentoo Developer |
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web: https://xmw.de/ |
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mailto: Michael Weber <xmw@g.o> |
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