On 11/4/20 8:52 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > > If you remove them from the tree: If they have an active upstream and/or tagged releases, and the package builds, I'd much rather keyword than remove them. There's already work being done towards this, https://bugs.gentoo.org/752429 https://bugs.gentoo.org/752447 https://bugs.gentoo.org/752423 https://bugs.gentoo.org/752456 https://bugs.gentoo.org/752426 https://bugs.gentoo.org/752438 etc.
> 4. If somebody finds one they probably have to add some random > overlay to their config, which causes this package to become > available, probably along with 47 other packages that can potentially > conflict with other things in the tree, all with zero QA. (It's common practice to mask the entire overlay then unmask the package(s) you need from it) > Certainly it is good to have snapshotted versions that get more QA > where appropriate, and that should probably be communicated. When it > is done with an "or else" attached the result is likely to be that a > lot of stuff just gets removed, with little benefit... > Well my intention is to get up-to-date packages KEYWORDED properly, for better visibility and support. -- juippis
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