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From: Hans de Graaff <graaff@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: dev-lang/ruby-cvs
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:13:23
Message-Id: pan.2007.04.14.05.50.48@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: dev-lang/ruby-cvs by Doug Goldstein
1 On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:49:05 -0400, Doug Goldstein wrote:
2
3 > Hans de Graaff wrote:
4 >> dev-lang/ruby-cvs builds the latest Ruby 1.9.x version from CVS.
5 >> Except... upstream has moved to SVN, so this ebuild no longer works.
6 >> It's now masked and will be removed in 30 days.
7 >>
8 >>
9 > Is there any point in waiting 30 days? Since the ebuild just doesn't
10 > work because of a VCS change, it's clear it won't work at all for anyone
11 > no matter how much hacking they do. The 30 day rule in this case should
12 > not apply.
13
14 I agree that in this case it's not needed, but I think it's the courteous
15 thing to do and AFAIK no electrons will be unduly harmed by it. Also, it
16 makes it easier for someone in the ruby team to look at the ebuild for
17 reference when working on the ruby-svn ebuild.
18
19 Hans
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