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On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 1:28 PM Grant Taylor |
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<gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I happily use net-nntp/inn on my server and was surprised to find that |
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> it is now masked and apparently up for removal. It looks like |
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> maintenance has dropped off on the package. |
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> I've never maintained a portage overlay or otherwise contributed to |
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> Gentoo (save for mailing lists). As such I don't know what I can do to |
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> help. |
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> I did skim the Proxy Maintainers page [1] and don't know that I'm ready |
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> to tackle that much responsibility. Is there something else that I can |
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> do to help avoid the removal of the net-nntp/inn package? Possibly at |
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> least keep it around as a masked package? |
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> Does anyone have any recommendations before blindly diving head first |
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> into something I'll regret by assuming responsibility that I'm not sure |
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> I'm ready for? |
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> Thanks for any pointers in advance. |
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It depends why it is up for removal. Fix that issue and submit a pull |
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requests via GitHub or via email to gentoo-dev. If using gentoo-dev |
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there is the possibility that it will never be allowed through the |
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filter, so perhaps ask about it on IRC as well. |
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In the rare chance that the package is just being removed because it's |
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old, making gentoo-dev aware that you use it should be enough. |
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Otherwise bump the version. |
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Cheers, |
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R0b0t1 |
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