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From: Joonas Niilola <juippis@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o, gentoo-dev-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Last-rites: net-misc/wicd
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 07:11:17
Message-Id: 1f8cef03-2270-0733-1be6-bc799f4df204@gentoo.org
1 # Stagnant upstream with latest release from 2016, python2-only, no
2 maintainer
3 # in Gentoo, no notable ebuild action in years, multiple bugs open. Blocks
4 # pygtk removal.
5 # Switch to alternatives such as,
6 # net-misc/connman, net-misc/dhcpcd, net-misc/netifrc,
7 net-misc/NetworkManager
8 # and so on. Removal in ~90 days. #
9
10 90-day removal window due it possibly being used in low-maintenance servers.
11
12 Updated openrc ebuilds to not suggest installing wicd anymore but
13 connman instead,
14 https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=a1a177f32dc3c792f5fc69f144b1728a705e1fba

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Last-rites: net-misc/wicd Stefan Strogin <steils@g.o>