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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-text/cuneiform
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:31:53
Message-Id: 514EF230.9000005@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-text/cuneiform by Rich Freeman
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4 On 03/24/2013 12:18 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
5 > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Markos Chandras
6 > <hwoarang@g.o> wrote:
7 >> The process for rescuing a package is documented here[1] and it
8 >> takes about 15'' of google searching to find it.
9 >>
10 >
11 > I think that something a bit more elaborate with links to the
12 > relevant pages (proxy-maint, etc) that is more user-oriented might
13 > help with that. I'd also suggest putting the link in every package
14 > mask notice. Hopefully then users will read the link before they
15 > reply on the list, and we can perhaps make treecleaning a more
16 > positive experience all around.
17
18 I don't mind adding that link to every package mask. Do note thought
19 that this is not the only way for a package to be rescued (assuming it
20 can be rescued). Providing fixes without becoming the maintainer is
21 also a viable solution, which is probably something we need to add to
22 that page as well.
23
24 - --
25 Regards,
26 Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer
27 http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-text/cuneiform Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>