On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 03:23:42 +0000
Saleem Abdulrasool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Description:
>    GNOME 1.x is no longer supported by upstream GNOME developers.
>    Maintaining GNOME 1.x adds unnecessary complexity to the Gentoo GNOME
>    developers' workload.  Some of the contributing factors are security
>    vulnerabilities, as-needed fixes, and general breakages over time due to
>    lower level package changes.
> 
> Resolution:
>    The GNOME herd has decided to remove GNOME 1.x and its dependent packages
>    from the tree.  GTK+-1 and glib-1 will not be removed at this time however.
>    Effective a week from this message (15/11/2006), the attached package list
>    will be masked for 30 days and then the packages will be removed from the
>    tree on (15/12/2006).
> 
> How to dispute the resolution:
>    1) You can comment on bug #154102, OR
>    2) Contact the GNOME herd on freenode in #gentoo-desktop, OR
>    3) Email the herd lead, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Please do NOT reply to this message with a reason why package X should not be
> masked.  If you feel strongly about a package, please port it to GTK+-2 and
> submit patches on a new bug.

Could you provide the script that generated those lists (or was it done 
manually)? I'm not so sure that it is accurate, at least I can't see why 
<sylpheed-claws-2 is in the list (the only relevant unconditional dep is gtk-1).

Marius
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