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Hello, |
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Some time ago I closed bug #6897 as WONTFIX. It was an ebuild submission for a |
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kde2-only app (ie the project seems dead). There is also bug #10318, which is |
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also for an ebuild for a minor kde2 app. Seeing two similar bugs close |
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together prompted this letter. |
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An app having no kde3 release, in fact no new release since kde 3.0 itself was |
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released last January (as is the case with the above two), is for the most |
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part a sign of the project being dead or dormant. Which is an argument |
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against having an ebuild in portage. Although, in most cases I suppose |
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upstream would still at least accept bugfixes etc. |
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Also for me maintaining kde2 apps isn't fun. I don't have kde2 installed all |
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the time, and I wouldn't enjoy dealing with problems in it that aren't |
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present in kde3. I've a committment to Gentoo beyond enjoying myself, so if |
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the community wants such ebuilds, I'll add them. |
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So I'm asking our users & other developers for their opinion on this. Are |
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there any objections to not adding kde2 app ebuilds (of course there might be |
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exceptions for important stuff, but as a general rule) on these grounds? Does |
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anyone want such stuff? |
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As a followup question: who uses kde 2.2.2 at all on Gentoo, and why? I don't |
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propose removing kde2 and existing kde2 app ebuilds from portage, I'm just |
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curious. |
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(I'm not posting on gentoo-user because I'm not subscribed there; someone |
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please forward this there, we might as well have a big discussion as possible |
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and close this issue once and for all.) |
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Dan Armak |
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Gentoo Linux developer (KDE) |
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Matan, Israel |
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Public GPG key: http://www.gentoo.org/~danarmak/danarmak-gpg-public.key |
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