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From: Jimi Huotari <chiitoo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last-rites: dev-libs/liboobs
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2020 23:27:32
Message-Id: 20200804022717.4fdaa332@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last-rites: dev-libs/liboobs by Peter Stuge
1 On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 22:23:44 +0000
2 Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se> wrote:
3
4 > Jimi Huotari wrote:
5 > > # Jimi Huotari <chiitoo@g.o> (2020-08-04)
6 > > # No consumers since 2015, and no known stand-alone use.
7 > > # Removal in 30 days.
8 > > dev-libs/liboobs
9 >
10 > Wut - isn't that a really poor reason to remove from the tree? :\
11 >
12 > Why not just keep it unless there is an actual technical problem?
13 > (Security, maintainability, etc.) If there is, then please mention it.
14 >
15 >
16 > //Peter
17 >
18
19 I'd certainly be fine with this, and 'app-admin/system-tools-backends',
20 which is next on my list to go, to be assigned to maintainer-wanted
21 instead of being removed.
22
23 I've sort of inherited these, but have no use for them, and nothing else
24 depends on them.
25
26 The mask is not live yet, so any advice how to move along will be appreciated. :]
27
28 See also:
29
30 - https://bugs.gentoo.org/542846
31 - https://bugs.gentoo.org/667654
32 - https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/16989

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Last-rites: dev-libs/liboobs Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@g.o>