Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after retirement of a proxied
maintainer:
sci-electronics/drahnr-oregano
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sci-electronics/drahnr-oregano
app-editors/qhexedit2
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-editors/qhexedit2
app-mobilephone/gammu
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/xfe
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/xfe
There is an open version bump request:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/836834
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Jonas
Hi
I'd like to propose the following for portage:
- Only support one "secure" hash function (such as sha2, sha3, blake2, etc)
- Only generate and parse one hash function in Manifest files
- Remove support for multiple hash functions
No, this has no benefit.
In other words, what are we
Hi Jakov,
please do not remove net-wireless/nanovna-saver package.
I know of many users of this package.
One (who is not on this list) wrote me that he will try to fix the open
bugs. He wrote that most of these are not critical.
Where can I find the official last-rites bug ticket
for
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/xpad
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/xpad
A version bump is needed
https://bugs.gentoo.org/834946
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/xscreensaver-app
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/xscreensaver-app
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/xxkb
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/xxkb
There is an open bug with a solution. Someone has to apply it in the
ebuild and report upstream.
https://bugs.gentoo.org/685646
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
the maintainer, who does not use the package himself anymore as he
explained by mail.
app-cdr/xcdroast
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-cdr/xcdroast
Status:
Several users waited years for the bump to 1.19
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/xhkeys
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/xhkeys
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/xnee
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/xnee
There are unmerged patches upstream.
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/evolvotron
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/evolvotron
This funny package calculates fantasy images
http://timday.com/share/evolvotron/gallery.htm
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/fraqtive
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/fraqtive
The package compiles fine here.
Upstream moved from SF to GH, SRC_URI needs an update.
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
Cjk from w3m:
www-client/w3m
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/www-client/w3m
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Jonas
# Jonas Stein (2022-02-11)
# Blocks gtk2 removal, which is EOL
# Removal after 2022-04-01. Bug #833145.
x11-misc/gtk2fontsel
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Jonas
# Jonas Stein (2022-02-11)
# Not usable anymore
# Removal after 2022-06-01. Bug #833144.
x11-misc/i855crt
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/xautolock
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/xautolock
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Jonas
# Jonas Stein (2022-02-09)
# Upstream is 404, open bugs, not maintained.
# Removal after 2022-05-01. Bug #832954.
x11-misc/sisctrl
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Jonas
# Jonas Stein (2022-02-08)
# Not maintained, open bugs, upstream outdated.
# Removal after 2022-07-01. Bug #832953.
x11-misc/easystroke
Long delay, so that you have enough time to fix it or bribe someone to
fix and prevent removal.
Ideally fork upstream and merge patches there.
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Best
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/sselp
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/sselp
--
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/lineakd
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/lineakd
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Jonas
# Jonas Stein (2022-02-06)
# Dead upstream, unmaintained, open bugs.
# Removal after 2022-04-01. Bug #832808.
app-misc/emelfm2
https://bugs.gentoo.org/832808
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc
x11-misc/autocutsel
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/autocutsel
No open bugs, I did a version bump and an eapi bump before removing
desktop-misc
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after retirement of the proxied
maintainer https://bugs.gentoo.org/633102:
media-libs/libgroove
media-libs/libsoundio
x11-misc/xss-lock
media-gfx/img2pdf
games-rpg/baldurs-gate-ee
media-sound/pnmixer
dev-python/configshell-fb
# Jonas Stein (2022-01-02)
# Unmaintained and broken.
# Removal after 2022-03-01. Bug #830428.
www-servers/bozohttpd
https://bugs.gentoo.org/830428
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Jonas
Hi,
I prepared a public Bugzilla filter "m-n PATCH"
https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem=run=m-n%20PATCH_id=85842
There are open patches for packages which do not compile
If you have some time, please have a look at the list. There are very
strange things too.
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Jonas
# Jonas Stein (2021-12-31)
# Removal after 2022-05-01. Bug #830331.
# Broken and upstream needs new maintainer.
x11-plugins/purple-facebook
https://bugs.gentoo.org/830331
8<---
Reasoning:
* maintainer-needed + open tickets
* package needs m
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc
app-misc/gentoo
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-misc/gentoo
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc
app-misc/banner
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-misc/banner
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
// correction:
tex from this package:
app-text/ocrad
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-text/ocrad
Todo:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/722474 app-text/ocrad calls ar directly
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
app-text/ocrad
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-text/ocrad
Todo:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/722474 app-text/ocrad calls ar directly
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Jonas
Hi Marco,
I used to maintain papirus-icon-theme so I could be interested on be added
to them project to (if I can, as I'm not a Dev)
The project addresses only dev's, but you can prepare PR's and patches
and we can merge them.
We are also glad about helping hands in the open bugs.
The
On 20/12/2021 09.05, Anna “CyberTailor” wrote:
On 2021-12-20 01:18, Jonas Stein wrote:
I think we need a more precise definition if we do not want this.
"servers for miscellaneous application-level network protocols"?
sounds like server-misc/* what is the benefit?
https://xkcd.co
# Jonas Stein (2021-12-20)
# Package is broken and obsolete.
# Removal on 2022-02-01. Bug #828875.
x11-misc/3ddesktop
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/skippy
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/skippy
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/gtkdialog
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/gtkdialog
Todo:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/769131
x11-misc/gtkdialog: Drop IUSE=gtk2 and conditional x11-libs/gtk+:2
dependency
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Jonas
Hi,
I've been packaging some Gemini protocol servers and clients in ::guru
overlay, and they all go to net-misc category. I think it would be
better to split browsers and servers for non-www protocols (like Finger,
Ident, Gemini and Gopher) into separate categories.
all servers without www
# Jonas Stein (2021-12-20)
# Package is broken and obsolete.
# Removal on 2022-02-01. Bug #464364.
x11-misc/habak
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
app-misc/oneko
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-misc/oneko
This package has several problems and could become a last rites
candidate soon. Please take care of this package, if you need it.
--
Best,
Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-terms/guake
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-terms/guake
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/xvkbd
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/xvkbd
It likely has a missing dependency https://bugs.gentoo.org/624506
/.../ld: /.../libXaw3d.so: undefined reference to multiSinkObjectClass
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/fireflies
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/fireflies
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Jonas
# Jonas Stein (2021-12-01)
# Removal on 2022-01-01.
# Disbanded by upstream who suggested to
# use nmap instead many years ago. (bug #680546)
net-analyzer/amap
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-terms/lilyterm
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-terms/lilyterm
Open bugs:
x11-terms/lilyterm-0.9.9.4-r2 installs files into unexpected paths
https://bugs.gentoo.org/811540
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Jonas
Dear all,
the project netmon is openly discussed as "dead" since years.
We should not blame its members, but the fact that the packages in
netmon are very different and should not be clustered in one project.
Thanks to everyone who helped out with bugs assigned to netmon.
I suggest to
Hi,
in the spirit of our "2020 in retrospect & happy new year 2021!" front page
article,
https://www.gentoo.org/news/2021/01/15/new-year.html
which was rather well received, I'd already like to start collecting news from
2021!
Suggestions, text snippets, illustrations welcome- either as a
Hi,
Back during the 2017 discussion, Infra came to the conclusion that we're
going to keep SHA512 for a transition period, then remove it, and stay
with a single hash algorithm. In my opinion, we have kept it long
enough.
WDYT?
As far I remember we agreed to keep two different hashes.
The
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/fbpanel
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/fbpanel
There is an open bug, because the license is unclear
https://bugs.gentoo.org/795591
Does anybody still use this package?
I am not sure if it is
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/nitrogen
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/nitrogen
There are open bugs.
Upstream is still active.
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/x2x
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/x2x
There is an open bug and one version bump request
https://bugs.gentoo.org/754132
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Best,
Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/arandr
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/arandr
--
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Jonas
# Jonas Stein (2021-04-25)
# Bad SRC_URI, dead upstream.
# Removal on 2021-06-01. Bug #785736.
app-misc/logitech-applet
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/xlockmore
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/xlockmore
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Jonas
# Jonas Stein (2021-04-19)
# Bad SRC_URI, missing license files
# Removal on 2021-07-01. Bug #784221.
x11-apps/amlc
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/rofi
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/rofi
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
web-apps:
www-apache/anyterm
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/www-apache/anyterm
There is a version bump, which likely fixes our bugs
https://bugs.gentoo.org/782907
Please take care for this package, because
# Jonas Stein (2021-04-15)
# Depends on gtk2, which is EOL
# Removal on 2021-06-01. Bug #782904.
x11-themes/gtk-engines-aurora
# Jonas Stein (2021-04-14)
# Open bugs, dead upstream.
# Removal on 2021-06-01. Bug #782730.
x11-misc/superswitcher
# Jonas Stein (2021-04-14)
# dead upstream, no valid SRC_URI
# Removal on 2021-06-01. Bug #782727.
x11-misc/xstroke
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/idesk
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/idesk
https://bugs.gentoo.org/742746
x11-misc/idesk-0.7.5-r3 fails to compile - last rites?
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/xplanet
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/xplanet
Upstream fixed our bug recently:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/742761
Do you remember xplanet?
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Gallery/
Who wants to
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-terms/sakura
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-terms/sakura
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
sys-apps/mount-gtk
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-apps/mount-gtk
--
Best,
Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
dev-util/regexxer
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/dev-util/regexxer
--
Best,
Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
gnome-extra/synapse
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/gnome-extra/synapse
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Jonas
# Jonas Stein (2021-03-29)
# Depends on gtk-2, no release since 2010.
# Removal on 2021-05-01.
# Bug #779148.
app-editors/beaver
OpenPGP_signature
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/piedock
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/piedock
It does not compile and needs patches. Upstream is informed too.
We will have to last rite, if it is not fixed soon.
I send in CC to Lars, who
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/efax-gtk
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/efax-gtk
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-libs/c++-gtk-utils
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-libs/c++-gtk-utils
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/openbox-menu
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/openbox-menu
--
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-libs/fltk
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-libs/fltk
It has several open tickets.
Please take care of this package, because several other packages depend
on fltk:
# Jonas Stein (2021-03-27)
# Upstream is gone. Open bugs. Removal after 2021-05-01.
# Bug #778800
x11-themes/nimbus
Dear all,
Sunrise was discontinued on June 2016. [1]
Its remains confuse our users. There are several places, where sunrise
is still advertised.
Now it is time for the final shutdown. [3]
I suggest to move the ebuilds [2] to an archive somewhere for 6 months
for the unlikely case that there
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/xscreensaver
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/xscreensaver
It has 3 open tickets.
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/xbindkeys
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/xbindkeys
There is an open PR
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/14706
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/xearth
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/xearth
Still uses EAPI 5
There are open bugs.
Please take care of this package.
--
Best,
Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/wdm
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/wdm
There are open bugs.
Upstream moved the repository to
https://github.com/voins/wdm
but the ebuild still relies on a dead SRC_URI
The last commit
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/macopix
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/macopix
Upstream moved the repository to
https://github.com/chimari/MaCoPiX
They will hopefully add tags too
https://github.com/chimari/MaCoPiX/issues/6
/Project:Bug-wranglers
Everybody with EDITBUGS permission may help to assign bugs.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Editbugs_privilege
Thank you,
your Bug-Wrangler team
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Jonas Stein
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
app-admin/usbview
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-admin/usbview
There are no open bugs.
--
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Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
www-client/dillo
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/www-client/dillo
There are no open bugs, but we should have a maintainer for a web
browser in general.
Last Upstream activity were two small commits in 2018:
Hi,
x11-themes/* are very similar.
It could make sense to have a project who maintains all x11-themes.
I never used themes so I am out, but please reply, if you would like to
create/join such a project.
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Best
Jonas
Hi,
it would be nice to have parser friendly comments in package.mask
The new format
- must be as easy to read and write for humans as it is now.
- must be structured
Benefits of a parser friendly package.mask:
- use it for statistics
- list all packages which are overdue
- pretty print a
Hi,
there is now a saved search in bugzilla "m-n PATCH" which you can add to
your bugzilla footer.
It shows all open tickets, which are assigned to maintainer-needed
AND
have the keyword PATCH
https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem=m-n
PATCH=run
Currently there are 54, some are
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-themes/gartoon-redux
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-themes/gartoon-redux
Please help by reviewing and merging the patch in
https://bugs.gentoo.org/453664
Thank you.
--
Best,
Jonas
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after dropping
desktop-misc:
x11-misc/gmrun
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/gmrun
Please help samuel.bauer@y.. (mazes_80) (also upstream of a fork) to
maintain the package as proxied maintainer.
https://bugs.gentoo.org/576992
# Jonas Stein (2021-01-17)
# Removal in 30 days.
# Fails to compile Bug #765697.
x11-misc/rss-glx
OpenPGP_signature
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after retirement
of the proxied maintainer:
dev-db/percona-xtrabackup
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/dev-db/percona-xtrabackup
There are open bugs:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/729696
dev-db/percona-xtrabackup fails to compile with clang
* media-sound/takcd-0.10-r1 : find.h: error: unknown type name
_off64_t (#714128)
* unusable without alsa
* upstream is 404
-> last rites
Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/762361
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Jonas Stein
Dear all,
sorting packages in a group of "misc" packages was not useful.
We have to dissolve the project desktop-misc
There are some tickets which should be closed first before we reassign
the packages to maintainer-needed.
It would be good to review if there are packages which have to be
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs while dissolving
the desktop-misc project:
x11-misc/menulibre
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/menulibre
It has many users and it would be great if you would take care for it.
It has 5 open bugs - some with a fix.
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs while dissolving
the desktop-misc project:
x11-misc/zim
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/zim
It is a very powerful deskop wiki which is written in python. It has
many users and it would be great if you would take care for it.
It
https://bugs.gentoo.org/754192
https://www.adobe.com/ee/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html#
"As previously announced in July 2017, Adobe will stop distributing and
updating Flash Player after December 31, 2020 (“EOL Date”)"
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Best regards,
Jonas Stein
Hi,
> When the latest release remains 'latest ~arch' for less than 3 days,
> stabilizing it after 30 days makes little sense. After all, people with
> frequent upgrade cycle will test it for no more than that, and people
> with infrequent upgrade cycle may miss the version entirely.
> Do you
Hi,
> However, we are still facing the same problem: Only one person is
> involved in development and knows how to run it. In case something will
> break again and Michał will be unavailable, we can’t just push a fix and
> watch a CI pipeline picking up and deploying new nattka. Instead someone
>
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after retirement
of the proxied maintainer:
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf-loader-webp
The package has open bugs
https://bugs.gentoo.org/693062
https://bugs.gentoo.org/703864
--
Best,
Jonas
On 06/09/2020 23.03, Henrik Pihl wrote:
> I would like to have games-engines/love, if it's possible for an unofficial
> developer.
Yes, you can fix the tickets and prepare PR's via github.
Add a link to the bug as described in
https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0066.html
After several contributions
Dear all
>
> the following packages are up for grabs after retirement
> of the proxied maintainer:
>
> https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/games-engines/love
>
> The package remains now with several open tickets and even patches.
> User reported the patch works.
The proxied maintainer fixed
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after retirement
of the proxied maintainer:
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/games-engines/love
The package remains now with several open tickets and even patches.
User reported the patch works.
Please take care of this package, if you want
Hi,
I saw several reactions from you in tickets and mails; I answered in
https://bugs.gentoo.org/633138#c7
I did not want to "kick out out" but I had the impression that you can
no longer maintain the packages as explained.
Hope to see many contributions from you soon.
If you have questions
Dear all
the following packages are up for grabs after retirement
of the proxied maintainer:
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-portage/ufed
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/dev-libs/ustr
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/dev-libs/aws-c-common
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