-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 03/24/2013 11:22 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > > Markos - I'm not sure what can be done to try to better flush out > user interest in taking care of packages that are on the verge of > death. I'd suggest announcing pending removals before masking them, > but I suspect that more often than not the only reason we get > replies on -dev is that users notice the masks. Maybe the package > masks could have a webpage explaining how users can help rescue > packages constructively, and include a link to it in mask notices. > Since I've tended to be an advocate for not masking as quickly I > might go ahead and toss something together. > > Rich > The masks are sort of announcements as you have 30 days to revert that decision. Users who have that package installed, will get the message after the emerge --sync && emerge -uDN world cycle. If they sync less often (say once every 2 months) and not following any ML, then what can I do? The process for rescuing a package is documented here[1] and it takes about 15'' of google searching to find it.
[1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners/index.xml#doc_chap7 - -- Regards, Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJRTu14XxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQzNTVDNDczOUYzRjJEMTRGNDRGMzU2RkMw OUJGNEY1NEMyQkE3RjNDAAoJEAm/T1TCun88GI4QAKOzmCub0h0fstxDPDpMYp0k kufGTfBjaufOkv4DYY7h/h/WkMQCjqMupq7vEO76S0Bf8tpqg1So6UwPW2ac1YUy nmqVESresiHnsUHNEHTupUE+A055rohwEaOh4CBjbAYxtplZ8SlvRmRcS2F+xVcB fhcROxyz3UFqKn9ZX9p1k9WTlEA/xI4lXeCDigBA1qSG/JmYjw9Bx/KRwEFJU6yl hYozqNcvCkqyKVeYYP8sS1TK9wceO5Eim1sDTd4YzM7PMq2zTSfr6hGvaKBZC29i LUW4rE3+fNMSr3x2Waqvjyu2RoyJLu0qpo4cxB8otesiHdg9ZgQ160sJ86+sBrZg 4BadUYYqQKm+L3Pa4PuRulh18Q+BPnneLSA4B//eJvH2dKvzwaY9GIsXWvJJ77YN R3ysO/Ne+AzGhahs6JaMZJaaq9qxdiSeBXVasphdW47NNzS9L54usTeOdawHGAs/ bKYVr6Bo1qDr3KKWaoXmTQ+E85vC9LqYxdRsfEb+9AE8+8rO+NE0hFwhM75Yw4Gw U1clcv3PEuhI3P+7VttHHz5ftL0XMMNHx43vF/tXiymGFFPRIOQCXq5r8xRFnNaX ggqFPc7fzH/SqxzUpPWsZOhvUr5nHUjVbLVMWA/DULp5+Rikl++CoM/e42nH5111 gD8RNXAvntVEj2hc8+XB =GTZy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
