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On 2018-11-25, R0b0t1 wrote: |
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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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Why not bugzilla? Is there some new rule suggesting that bugzilla |
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shouldn't be used? |
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You might have just forgotten to mention it, that's okay -- I'm just |
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asking because bugzilla bugs 601032, 660966 and 663432 have made me |
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wonder if there is something going on, and I want to be sure I didn't |
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miss anything. |
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Especially 601032, which is about to turn 1 year old. |
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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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Nuno Silva |
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