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John Helmert III wrote: |
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> > Jonas Stein wrote: |
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> > > # Dead upstream |
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> > > # Removal after 2023-01-01. Bug #881249. |
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> > > net-mail/vchkuser |
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> > Was there an actual issue with the package that prompted you to do |
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> > this - something that a package maintainer should have resolved? |
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> > I think it's a bad idea to remove a package if "Upstream Homepage and |
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> > SRC_URI is gone" and "Gentoo is the last distro with this package" |
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> > are the only reasons... |
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> Do you use it? Is it still functional? |
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I don't use it, I use something else for the same task. |
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Looking up the GitHub user that person seems present, just that |
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particular repo is no longer there. |
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Searching for the repo name on GitHub finds this however: |
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https://github.com/bdrewery/vchkuser |
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..which seems to be a 2010 version of the code. I did a test, it works |
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fine. Maybe just change the SRC_URI. |
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//Peter |