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| From: | Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o> | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Please stop useless removals | ||
| Date: | Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:26:55 | ||
| Message-Id: | CAGfcS_mCV5fepNeLJWwF2YTVKuc4QX0+ysfg0wnx8Jryf3wCUw@mail.gmail.com | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-dev] Re: Please stop useless removals by "Diego Elio Pettenò" |
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| 1 | On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò |
| 2 | <flameeyes@×××××××××.eu> wrote: |
| 3 | > On 01/02/2013 12:11, Rich Freeman wrote: |
| 4 | >> I do think it is a loss for Gentoo if we start removing packages |
| 5 | >> simply because they don't change (which is all a dead upstream means - |
| 6 | >> it isn't always a bad thing). |
| 7 | > |
| 8 | > The problem is that a package that doesn't change _will_ bitrot. Full stop. |
| 9 | > |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Then remove it when it does. Full stop. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Rich |