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From: Naohiro Aota <naota@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: compiz
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:56:47
Message-Id: 874nsn5jjl.fsf@elisp.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: compiz by Fabio Erculiani
1 Fabio Erculiani <lxnay@g.o> writes:
2
3 > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
4 > <jmbsvicetto@g.o> wrote:
5 >
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9 >> # Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto <jmbsvicetto@g.o> (22 Jan 2012)
10 >> # Mask compiz for last-rites unless someone steps up
11 >> # to maintain it. Removal in 30 days.
12 >> dev-python/compizconfig-python
13 >> x11-apps/ccsm
14 >> x11-apps/fusion-icon
15 >> x11-apps/simple-ccsm
16 >> x11-libs/compiz-bcop
17 >> x11-libs/compizconfig-backend-gconf
18 >> x11-libs/compizconfig-backend-kconfig4
19 >> x11-libs/libcompizconfig
20 >> x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-extra
21 >> x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-main
22 >> x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-unsupported
23 >> x11-themes/emerald-themes
24 >> x11-wm/compiz
25 >> x11-wm/compiz-fusion
26 >> x11-wm/emerald
27 >>
28 >>
29 >> I no longer have the time nor will to work on the desktop-effects
30 >> packages. In reality they've been unmaintained for quite sometime now.
31 >> Unless someone steps up, there won't be any alternative to finally
32 >> remove compiz from the tree.
33 >
34 > Compiz {Fusion,} ebuilds are still in tree and more than 30 days are
35 > passed (since Jan 22).
36 > What are we going to do with them?
37
38 Some users are working on to keep it in the tree. I've assigned one of
39 them as maintainer and I'm working as proxy-commiter for him.
40
41 Also I've filled tracking bug for it.
42 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410979
43
44 Regards,
45 Naohiro