On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 3:33 AM, Fabian Groffen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 29-12-2017 19:41:41 -0600, R0b0t1 wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 1:28 AM, kuzetsa <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Are any alt-type projects (other than prefix) still active? >> > >> > IRC (freenode) the channel #gentoo-prefix is active. >> > >> > HOWEVER: >> > >> > #gentoo-alt unable to join channel (invite only) >> > >> > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Gentoo_Alt/Contributor%27s_Guide >> > >> > As of April 20, 2017, the information in this article >> > has been deprecated. It may or may not be relevant for >> > contemporary usage. Handle with care! >> > ~ via an infobox template ~ >> > :: Deprecated|date=April 20, 2017 :: >> > >> > RFC mostly, but I can follow up on this if needed. >> > >> >> I suggest finding someone with a Gentoo hostmask (and someone who >> wants to maintain the channel, if not the same person) and go to >> #freenode to request it be given to the project. It is possible the >> project already owns it, but it was closed due to a renaming of the >> subprojects involved. > > I remember something where "inactive" projects were purged. Alt falls > under that category, since it always was (and is) an umbrella for Prefix > and BSD. > >> As it is most of the projects you are referring to seem to fall under >> Prefix. I agree "Alt" makes a bit more sense. Ultimately, it may not >> matter. > > I think if possible we scratch the references to Alt. Dunno how @bsd > feels about that though. >
It mostly doesn't matter to me. The only issue I had was that there was some material on this list I wish I had found earlier, but I had no idea to search for "gentoo-alt." Search results seem to have already churned most of the references to RAP into normal prefix.
