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On 07/11/2010 01:47 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Sunday 11 July 2010 20:42:54 covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>> # unless a new maintainer can be found, this package is |
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>> # slated for removal. |
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>> # |
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>> # Removal on 2010-08-23 |
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>> This is what I use for my mail reader -- with the emacs interface -- so |
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>> I am wondering what I can do once this happens -- I imagine I can keep |
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>> it installed, but it would not be a good situation. |
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>> thanks in advance for any ideas. |
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> |
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> Pick one: |
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> |
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> 1. use another mailer. There's no shortage of them |
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> 2. fix nmh yourself. It seems like no-one else is going to. |
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Or, you can choose to live with it as is. You might want to look at the |
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"quickpkg" man page and save nmh and mask it out. |
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This is one of the concepts that will "blindside" a new Gentoo user. One |
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usually thinks that once a package is found in Portage that he can then |
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rely on it ~ad infinitum~. Well, the folks who write FOSS sometimes just |
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move on and unless someone picks up the gauntlet to maintain the |
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package, it withers and dies. |
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