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From: Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due iluxa retirement
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:18:58
Message-Id: 4F67A273.2030204@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due iluxa retirement by David Leverton
1 On 03/19/2012 11:00 PM, David Leverton wrote:
2 > On 19 March 2012 06:05, Samuli Suominen<ssuominen@g.o> wrote:
3 >> dev-cpp/cppserv would need working dev-cpp/sptk and we have none:
4 >>
5 >> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402149#c9
6 >>
7 >> the only working versions got marked as "obsolete" by upstream due to
8 >> "undisclosed reasons" whatever that means
9 >>
10 >
11 > Not that I personally care, but it seems like this could be "solved"
12 > by just removing fltk support, rather than nuking it completely.
13 >
14
15 don't think we should be "clinging on" the unmaintained packages that badly
16 from general overview of the sptk homepage, the whole point of the
17 package seems to be around fltk (and thus, X)
18
19 and from broader view... sometimes it seems the politics around package
20 removal has become a burden, rather than a tool

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due iluxa retirement Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>