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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: remove sci-geosciences/googleearth from the tree
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 23:26:41
Message-Id: 51EC6E21.50703@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: remove sci-geosciences/googleearth from the tree by Michael Weber
1 On 07/22/2013 01:20 AM, Michael Weber wrote:
2 > On 07/22/2013 01:03 AM, Brian Dolbec wrote:
3 >> On Mon, 2013-07-22 at 00:35 +0200, hasufell wrote:
4 >>> On 07/22/2013 12:33 AM, Michał Górny wrote: I'd either use a
5 >>> separate single-purpose overlay or add it to science-overlay.
6 >
7 >
8 >> If it's a separate overlay, then googleearth overlay in gentoo's
9 >> github account for easy access for users, both to get and
10 >> contribute.
11 >
12 > This is scope of proxy-main, imho. starting overlays for single
13 > pckages is hilarious.
14 >
15 >
16
17 You are ignoring the rest of the arguments. The main concern is not how
18 people can contribute.
19
20 And I said more than once that we can probably move it to science-overlay.
21
22 The only question now is if we want to keep it p.masked or remove it. I
23 don't like pmasking package indefinitely.
24 Afaiu pmasks are rather meant for
25 a) new, very hot versions of libraries/tools that can break your system
26 in more than one part
27 b) security masks, temporary masks and other masks we expect to remove
28 in the future

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