On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:17:04 +0000 (UTC) Duncan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Peter Alfredsen <[email protected]> posted > [email protected], excerpted below, on Sun, 15 Feb > 2009 21:29:07 +0100: > > > +# Peter Alfredsen <[email protected]> (15 Feb 2009) > > +# Masking for removal in 30 days. > > +# Fails to build with gcc-4.3, bug 250712 > > +media-video/gephex > > + > > Shouldn't there be a bit more to it than that, something about it > being maintainer-needed, or maintainer unwilling to work on it > further, or upstream dead, or some combination of the above? Just > because it doesn't compile with the latest GCC isn't normally > considered reason in itself to remove a package. > > Also note that there's a "new" (April, 2007) version 0.4.4, on the > site, that may work better with newer gcc than the 2005 version 0.4.3 > that's the latest in our tree. So maybe it well could be > maintainer-needed, but that should be in the masking for removal > reason, if so, and ideally, listed in the last rites announcement > here, in case anyone's interested in taking a look at it. > > That said, I don't have any particular interest in it, so I don't > have a problem with it disappearing. I just found the ONLY reason > given an uncommon enough reason for removal on its own that it > warranted comment, is all. read the bug. -- gcc-porting, by design, by neglect treecleaner, for a fact or just for effect wxwidgets @ gentoo EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 0662
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