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From: James Le Cuirot <chewi@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: dev-util/staruml-bin
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 09:31:40
Message-Id: 20190316093122.0b938e6d@symphony.aura-online.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: dev-util/staruml-bin by "Michał Górny"
1 On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 10:23:00 +0100
2 Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > # Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> (15 Mar 2019)
5 > # Last reverse dependency of dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5* (#656378). Current
6 > # version is outdated, maintainer is MIA and the new versions are
7 > # in distro-unfriendly AppImage format (#661740).
8 > # Removal in 30 days. Bug #677486.
9 > dev-util/staruml-bin
10 > =dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5*
11
12 I don't care about staruml-bin but libgcrypt is one of those legacy
13 libraries that would be helpful to keep around for older proprietary
14 software that is not in the tree. In particular, it is used by
15 Half-Life 2 and Portal, not exactly obscure games. It is included in
16 the Steam runtime but we highly recommend against using that because it
17 causes many issues.
18
19 If you want me to maintain this version then I can do that. If it's
20 otherwise causing real issues by being in the tree then I could move it
21 to steam-overlay but I'd rather not. There may be non-Steam use cases.
22
23 --
24 James Le Cuirot (chewi)
25 Gentoo Linux Developer

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: dev-util/staruml-bin "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>