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Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 11:13 +0200, Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten? wrote: |
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> > On Thursday 16 June 2005 10:53, Patrick Lauer wrote: |
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> > > Always a drag to see packages getting dropped, but if noone |
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> > > maintains them there's not much that can be done. |
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> > Well maybe we can have a way to define "latest portage version" for |
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> > removed package (a tag on cvs?) so that someone can prepare a weekly |
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> > tarball of removed packages waiting for new maintainers or so on. |
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> you mean a repository of removed ebuilds? I don't know if that is a |
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> good idea, but it sure has some uses. But if I'm not mistaken files |
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> can be resurrected from cvs, so they are not "lost", only less |
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> accessible. |
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How about if, perhaps, the Gentoo developers make arrangements with the |
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folks at BreakMyGentoo to have them adopt orphaned packages? That way, |
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the packages would still be available to users who like to tinker and |
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don't mind playing with explosives. |
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