On 01/02/2013 12:11, Rich Freeman wrote:
> I do think it is a loss for Gentoo if we start removing packages
> simply because they don't change (which is all a dead upstream means -
> it isn't always a bad thing).

The problem is that a package that doesn't change _will_ bitrot. Full stop.

Trying to pretend that the problem does not exist, that an unmaintained
package is just as fine as a maintained one is stupid and shortsighted,
and explains why I have 1600 bugs open...

-- 
Diego Elio Pettenò — Flameeyes
[email protected]http://blog.flameeyes.eu/

Reply via email to