On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Jack Morgan <jmor...@gentoo.org> wrote: > I'm hoping to get some feedback from the community as to what should be > supported and what can be reduced. My overall plan as I mentioned in a > previous email to reduce the total number of keywords for ia64 to a more > manageable level. I'd like to continue to have ia64 be a stable arch for > gentoo for as long as it makes sense.
For example, you could choose to skip keywording Qt5... as more and more apps and Qt-based libraries transition from Qt4 to Qt5, the number of keyworded/stable packages will also drop for ia64, since you will gradually lose all packages that have become Qt5-only. If you're looking for an immediate reduction of ia64 packages, you can go a step further and drop Qt4 keywording as well (maybe with the exception of dev-qt/qtcore which is needed by some non-GUI apps), especially considering that ia64 is server-oriented, and that all your machines don't have a video card. These are just some random suggestions; if the ia64 arch team is interested, let us (the qt team) know so that we can figure out the details together. Thanks, Davide
