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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