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From: Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Qt3 deprecation and removal policy
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:03:10
Message-Id: e117dbb90912310702m7cfa9117gda566ebad6e795a1@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Qt3 deprecation and removal policy by Maciej Mrozowski
1 2009/12/31 Maciej Mrozowski <reavertm@×××××.com>:
2 > On Thursday 31 of December 2009 14:43:54 Mark Bateman wrote:
3 >> QUCS is a qt3 only application.
4 >> This is a fantastic electrical simulation package and is in active
5 >> developement.
6 >>
7 >> There is a svn branch for the qt4 port but it isn't there yet.
8 >> Removal of qt3 will break this app that is in the main tree
9 >>
10 >> If the policy is to then remove this app (which would be a very big shame
11 >> since it will mean - based upon past experience - hard to get back in)
12 >> could a hard-mask live ebuild for the svn/nightly be made until the next
13 >> qucs is released
14
15 Yes, a hardmasked live ebuild is a possibility. A snapshot ebuild
16 would be even better, as that could be in ~arch.
17
18 > It could be moved to kde-sunset overlay where legacy KDE3 stuff (like KDE
19 > 3.5.10 itself) is being kept and maintained by the community.
20
21 All packages depending on qt:3 should be moved to kde-sunset.
22
23 A bug should be filed for this package, blocking the qt3 removal tracker.
24
25 Cheers,
26 --
27 Ben de Groot
28 Gentoo Linux developer (qt, media, lxde, desktop-misc)
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