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From: tastytea <gentoo@××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gcolor2...
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:32:56
Message-Id: 20220416103245.0f9ddeb8@ventiloplattform.tastytea.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] gcolor2... by Jorge Almeida
1 On 2022-04-16 09:10+0100 Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 8:14 AM Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
4 > wrote:
5 > >
6 > > On Fri, 15 Apr 2022 22:47:26 +0100, Jorge Almeida wrote:
7 > >
8 > > > ... is gone, essentially. Any suggestion regarding some
9 > > > alternative?
10 > >
11 > > It's masked i portage and dead upstream, but that doesn't
12 > > necessarily mean it is no longer usable. If it still does what you
13 > > want, copy the ebuild to your overlay and unmask it by adding it to
14 > > /etc/portage/profile/package.unmask.
15 > >
16 > Will try that. But the masking message says "Dead package upstream.
17 > Uses GTK+ 2". Does this mean that GTK+ 2 is on its way out as well?
18
19 It is on its way out, but there are still some packages blocking its
20 removal: <https://bugs.gentoo.org/768993>. I can't say for sure, but I
21 guess GTK+ 2 will stay at least another few months.
22
23 > (I suppose someone will make an ebuild for gcolor3 sooner or later...)
24
25 I just packaged it for ::guru. 😊 It should become available in the
26 next days. If you can't wait, you can grab it from here:
27 <https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/proj/guru.git/tree/gui-apps/gcolor3?h=dev>.
28
29 Kind regards, tastytea

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