On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 05:33:15AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote > > the inability to "make" users read the package.mask message explaining > the situation is the only valid point in your e-mail. > > along those lines, a news entry is probably not even necessary.
Howsabout following the same procedure as when xpdf was dropped? I vaguely remember "emerge --update --deep world" stopping with a message that xpdf was being dropped, and also a few alternatives were suggested in the message. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>