On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 06:44:19AM +0100, Sebastien Marie wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 11:42:35PM +0100, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado 
> wrote:
> > For the last 6 months I've not updated the mercurial package to the
> > recent major versions because py-hg-git was not compatible. The
> > mercurial package contains code exposed to the network and I don't feel
> > comfortable backporting bugfixes just because some extensions are not
> > compatible with the recent API changes.
> > 
> > Mercurial 4.8 will include a lot of good changes and I don't want to put
> > on hold another version. In the next days, I will remove any broken
> > extension. I will do the same in the future for new mercurial versions.
> > 
> > This wiki explains how to keep a local copy in your home of the
> > extensions which are not available from ports:
> > 
> > https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/UsingExtensions#Enabling_an_extension
> > 
> > I will ask for OKs for the deletion of packages with active maintainers
> > and will remove directly the ports with unactive maintainers. I will try
> > to update the extensions with a new version available but I will not try
> > too hard.
> 
> Just for information, regarding devel/py-hgnested, which I have proposed
> to import, I don't use it anymore. So if nobody else use it, it could be
> removed if it cause any problem.

I deleted the port. It has been broken for months and nobody complained.

> 
> I used it for Tryton (www.tryton.org), but the project switched to
> another repository layout to avoid relying on an extension using
> mercurial internals (and broken often at mercurial major changes).
> 
> Thanks.

-- 
Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado http://juanfra.info

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