commit:     49f154161b7a8930af12ef271a28302fd4b9a376
Author:     Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Wed Sep 11 12:01:23 2019 +0000
Commit:     Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Wed Sep 11 12:15:09 2019 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=49f15416

package.mask: Last rite sys-process/vixie-cron

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/693946
Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo.org>

 profiles/package.mask | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index aab87f30360..34754bd3c65 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
 
 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Michał Górny <[email protected]> (2019-09-11)
+# Unmaintained.  Ancient.  Carries a lot of patches, and has even more
+# bugs reported.  Last rites were cancelled due to Gentoo/FreeBSD 1 year
+# ago but that project is dead nowadays.  Many alternatives exist,
+# sys-process/cronie is probably the closest one (it's a fork).
+# Removal in 30 days.  Bug #693946.
+sys-process/vixie-cron
+
 # Michał Górny <[email protected]> (2019-09-11)
 # Unmaintained.  Last bumped in 2013.  No apparent advantage over
 # the two other implementations in Gentoo (dev-util/pkgconfig,

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