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On Sat, 2019-03-16 at 09:31 +0000, James Le Cuirot wrote: |
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> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 10:23:00 +0100 |
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> Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> > # Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> (15 Mar 2019) |
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> > # Last reverse dependency of dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5* (#656378). Current |
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> > # version is outdated, maintainer is MIA and the new versions are |
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> > # in distro-unfriendly AppImage format (#661740). |
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> > # Removal in 30 days. Bug #677486. |
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> > dev-util/staruml-bin |
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> > =dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5* |
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> I don't care about staruml-bin but libgcrypt is one of those legacy |
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> libraries that would be helpful to keep around for older proprietary |
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> software that is not in the tree. In particular, it is used by |
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> Half-Life 2 and Portal, not exactly obscure games. It is included in |
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> the Steam runtime but we highly recommend against using that because it |
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> causes many issues. |
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I don't understand why would you want to run some proprietary native |
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executables requiring obsolete libraries on your system when HL2 works |
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perfectly via wine, and gets a nice performance boost via Gallium Nine. |
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> If you want me to maintain this version then I can do that. If it's |
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> otherwise causing real issues by being in the tree then I could move it |
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> to steam-overlay but I'd rather not. There may be non-Steam use cases. |
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Yeah, moving to Steam overlay is what I'd suggest. However, you want to |
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talk to crypto@ people since they flagged it for removal. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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