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120129 Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> On Sunday 29 January 2012 00:01:50 Philip Webb wrote: |
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>> Below is the output from 'localepurge' after this week's system update. |
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>> Please don't drop it till 'should' does = 'does'. |
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> the vast majority of that output comes from like 3 or 4 packages. |
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All of it comes from 6 packages which I recently installed/updated : |
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evince gdk-pix-buf rekonq xkeyboard-config gnome-doc-utils sane-backends |
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The total rubbish cleaned out for these 6 was > 9 MB . |
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The last 3 belong to major projects -- X Gnome Sane -- , |
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which suggests that other pkgs they manage may suffer the same defect. |
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> file bugs if you want things to actually get fixed. |
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No, that's not the way it should be handled. |
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Filing bugs -- 6 of them in this case -- is no guarantee of attention even, |
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let alone action to fix the problem. Moreover, if it's fixable by Gentoo, |
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the dev involved should do it as a matter of course without needing a bug. |
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There is a perfectly effective script which cleans up the mess |
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& the only problem with it seems to be temporary lack of a maintainer, |
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who is not essential anyway if there's nothing which needs fixing |
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& should not be difficult to replace with a simple request for a volunteer. |
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Please leave 'localepurge' where it is. |
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