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From: Michele Noberasco <s4t4n@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Say hello to x11-plugins/wmi8k
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 18:25:46
Message-Id: 20040915202443.4c7ee1f1@localhost
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Say hello to x11-plugins/wmi8k by Michele Noberasco
1 On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:44:56 +0200
2 Michele Noberasco <s4t4n@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Anybody wants to step up and maintain x11-plugins/wmi8k?
5 >
6 > Provided that:
7 > - Latest version in Portage has been in "~x86" for about five months
8 > - It does not compile on my machine (this means it is broken at
9 > least on 2.6 kernels, I'm not going install a 2.4 one to try it)
10 > - I cannot fix/test it as I don't have the necessary hardware
11 > - Nobody is apparently maintaining it
12 >
13 > I'm going to wipe it out of the Portage tree entirely in a week, if
14 > nobody does anything to it in the mean time...
15 OK, nobody stepped up. wmi8k is no more...
16
17 --
18 Success is like a fart -- only your own smells nice.
19 -- James P. Hogan

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Say hello to x11-plugins/wmi8k Ioannis Aslanidis <aslanidis@×××××.com>