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From: Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] tcltk herd empty
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 08:45:55
Message-Id: 56177EB9.2060708@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] tcltk herd empty by "Justin Lecher (jlec)"
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4 On 10/04/2015 01:15 AM, Justin Lecher (jlec) wrote:
5 > On 30/09/15 15:02, Justin (jlec) wrote:
6 >> Hi,
7 >
8 >> is no active maintainer for tcltk in Gentoo anymore.
9 >
10 >> Please stand up or try to remove tcltk support from your
11 >> packages.
12 >
13 >> Justin
14 >
15 >
16 >
17 > Hi,
18 >
19 > so it seems there is some interest.
20 >
21 > Following things are to be done:
22 >
23 > 1. Stable tcl/tk-8.6 There have been some API changes, so packages
24 > exhibit needed to be adopted.
25 >
26 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=tcltk-8.6
27 >
28 > But there are only 5 bugs left.
29 >
30 > 2. General package maintenance tcltk is maintaining quite some
31 > packages which have open bugs from time to time. Nothing serious
32 > (except for tkimg, which is bundling tiff, jpeg, png ...)
33 >
34 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=
35 CO
36 >
37 >
38 NFIRMED&bug_status=IN_PROGRESS&email1=tcltk%40gentoo.org&emailassigned_t
39 > o1=1&emailtype1=substring&list_id=2929948&query_format=advanced&resolu
40 ti
41 >
42 >
43 on=---
44 >
45 >
46 > I joined the herd because lot's of science packages are depending
47 > on tcl/tk, but I need to cut down a little. So hopefully we will
48 > find someone else. In case there are question, feel free to contact
49 > me.
50 >
51 > Justin
52 >
53 >
54 >
55
56 I'll join the herd as well, if the packages seem to be somewhat
57 low-maintenance. I'm looking for a job closer to home, so when I get
58 one I'll have more time to work on Gentoo. I'll add myself to herd and
59 alias, if we have one. When I get the chance, I'll learn more about
60 tcl/tk.
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62 Daniel Campbell - Gentoo Developer
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