Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due iluxa retirement

2012-03-19 Thread David Leverton 
On 19 March 2012 06:05, Samuli Suominen ssuomi...@gentoo.org wrote:
 dev-cpp/cppserv would need working dev-cpp/sptk and we have none:

 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402149#c9

 the only working versions got marked as obsolete by upstream due to
 undisclosed reasons whatever that means


Not that I personally care, but it seems like this could be solved
by just removing fltk support, rather than nuking it completely.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due iluxa retirement

2012-03-19 Thread Samuli Suominen 

On 03/19/2012 11:00 PM, David Leverton wrote:

On 19 March 2012 06:05, Samuli Suominenssuomi...@gentoo.org  wrote:

dev-cpp/cppserv would need working dev-cpp/sptk and we have none:

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402149#c9

the only working versions got marked as obsolete by upstream due to
undisclosed reasons whatever that means



Not that I personally care, but it seems like this could be solved
by just removing fltk support, rather than nuking it completely.



don't think we should be clinging on the unmaintained packages that badly
from general overview of the sptk homepage, the whole point of the 
package seems to be around fltk (and thus, X)


and from broader view... sometimes it seems the politics around package 
removal has become a burden, rather than a tool

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due iluxa retirement

2012-03-19 Thread Alec Warner 
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Samuli Suominen ssuomi...@gentoo.org wrote:
 On 03/19/2012 11:00 PM, David Leverton wrote:

 On 19 March 2012 06:05, Samuli Suominenssuomi...@gentoo.org  wrote:

 dev-cpp/cppserv would need working dev-cpp/sptk and we have none:

 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402149#c9

 the only working versions got marked as obsolete by upstream due to
 undisclosed reasons whatever that means


 Not that I personally care, but it seems like this could be solved
 by just removing fltk support, rather than nuking it completely.


 don't think we should be clinging on the unmaintained packages that badly
 from general overview of the sptk homepage, the whole point of the package
 seems to be around fltk (and thus, X)

 and from broader view... sometimes it seems the politics around package
 removal has become a burden, rather than a tool


What politics?

-A

[gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due iluxa retirement

2012-03-18 Thread Pacho Ramos 
Due his retirement the following packages need a new maintainer:
dev-cpp/cppserv


Thanks for taking them





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