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From: "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Packages masked for lack of maintainer, but metadata.xml says otherwise
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:56:54
Message-Id: 4F2B1490.2010108@gentoo.org
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4 Dear all,
5
6 there have been a number of packages masked lately due to lack of
7 maintainer. However, their metadata.xml does not list
8 maintainer-needed@g.o which I think should be the first step in
9 searching for a new maintainer. (The last being mask and treecleaning.)
10
11 The problem with this is that it keeps them off the radar[1] and also
12 formally prevents them from getting treatment from proxy-maintainers
13 or sunrise projects.
14
15 Is there anything that speaks against making metadata.xml tell the
16 truth? At least the following packages are affected:
17
18 # Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> (02 Feb 2012)
19 # Multiple security bugs: 284356, 341085, 369137, 384243, 401993
20 # No maintainer. Removal in 30 days
21 www-apps/twiki
22
23 # Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@g.o> (27 Jan 2012)
24 # Has developed into an unmaintainable mess, and everyone who
25 # knows about it is either retired or missing in action.
26 # Several minor bugs and one ugly security issues (#386271).
27 # Masked for removal because of lack of maintainer.
28 # Please try app-text/epdfview as light-weight replacement.
29 app-text/xpdf
30
31 # Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> (26 Jan 2012)
32 # No support for stable TIFF 4.x wrt #400925 with multiple
33 # other issues wrt #297150, #356083, #335864 and #318485.
34 # Version bump request been open since 2011-03-30 wrt #361187
35 # Unless fixed, removal in 30 days
36 <net-misc/hylafax-6.0.5
37 x11-misc/tkhylafax
38
39 # Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto <jmbsvicetto@g.o> (22 Jan 2012)
40 # Mask compiz for last-rites unless someone steps up
41 # to maintain it. Removal in 30 days.
42 dev-python/compizconfig-python
43 x11-apps/ccsm
44 x11-apps/fusion-icon
45 x11-apps/simple-ccsm
46 x11-libs/compiz-bcop
47 x11-libs/compizconfig-backend-gconf
48 x11-libs/compizconfig-backend-kconfig4
49 x11-libs/libcompizconfig
50 x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-extra
51 x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-main
52 x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-unsupported
53 x11-themes/emerald-themes
54 x11-wm/compiz
55 x11-wm/compiz-fusion
56 x11-wm/emerald
57
58
59 Best regards,
60 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
61
62 [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners/maintainer-needed.xml
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