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Dan Armak said: |
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> Hello, |
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> Some time ago I closed bug #6897 as WONTFIX. It was an ebuild submission |
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> for a kde2-only app (ie the project seems dead). There is also bug |
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> #10318, which is also for an ebuild for a minor kde2 app. Seeing two |
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> similar bugs close together prompted this letter. |
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Both users obviously have some degree of Linux/Gentoo competence because |
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they both submitted ebuilds with their bugs. |
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> An app having no kde3 release, in fact no new release since kde 3.0 |
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> itself was released last January (as is the case with the above two), |
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> is for the most part a sign of the project being dead or dormant. Which |
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> is an argument against having an ebuild in portage. Although, in most |
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> cases I suppose upstream would still at least accept bugfixes etc. |
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Seems like a reasonable assumption. |
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> Also for me maintaining kde2 apps isn't fun. I don't have kde2 installed |
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> all the time, and I wouldn't enjoy dealing with problems in it that |
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> aren't present in kde3. I've a committment to Gentoo beyond enjoying |
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> myself, so if the community wants such ebuilds, I'll add them. |
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There's commitment and then there is having to look after things that are |
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more than likely going to cause maore problems than they are worth. |
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> So I'm asking our users & other developers for their opinion on this. |
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> Are there any objections to not adding kde2 app ebuilds (of course |
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> there might be exceptions for important stuff, but as a general rule) |
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> on these grounds? Does anyone want such stuff? |
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My vote is to leave trivial KDE2 apps out of portage. Gentoo users |
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*should* be savvy enough to throw together an ebuild themselves (as these |
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two have demonstrated) and then they can place it in their PORTDIR_OVERLAY |
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directory. |
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I wouldn't want to discourage people from submitting bugs (with ebuilds |
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attached) as this is a method for other users (who might not be quite as |
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Gentoo proficient) to get themselves an ebuild. Closing the bugs WONTFIX |
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with an appropriate comment should do though. |
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Troy Dack |
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http://linux.tkdack.com |
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