On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 03:05:18PM -0500, Doug Goldstein wrote: > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Ryan Hill <dirtye...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:23:03 +0200 > > Matti Bickel <m...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > >> On 07/17/2010 09:58 PM, Matti Bickel wrote: > >> > since there's no dev-lang/php-5.1* version in the tree anymore, this > >> > eclass is useless. It will be removed on 17th August 2010. > >> > >> I've just been told by scarabeus that eclass removal is a two years > >> minimum process. So it'll be removed 17th August 2012 and marked #...@dead > >> (deprived of functionality) in the next days. > > > > /me shakes his fist once again at the inanity of this policy. > > > > > > Just remove it! If the council can not be bothered to help developers > develop but instead hinder developers from developing, then they are > no longer relevant and should be treated as such. Other course of > action could always be that they should all be kicked out and replaced > with a suitable organization to ensure Gentoo's technical and > developmental success.
Thats a bit harsh :) We are already planning to re-visit this issue: http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_fcd62364eb57125a651397a5328a7af9.xml > -- > Doug Goldstein -- Alex Alexander :: wired Gentoo Developer www.linuxized.com
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