On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 10:35:18 +0100 Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 2019-03-16 at 09:31 +0000, James Le Cuirot wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 10:23:00 +0100 > > Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > > # Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> (15 Mar 2019) > > > # Last reverse dependency of dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5* (#656378). Current > > > # version is outdated, maintainer is MIA and the new versions are > > > # in distro-unfriendly AppImage format (#661740). > > > # Removal in 30 days. Bug #677486. > > > dev-util/staruml-bin > > > =dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5* > > > > I don't care about staruml-bin but libgcrypt is one of those legacy > > libraries that would be helpful to keep around for older proprietary > > software that is not in the tree. In particular, it is used by > > Half-Life 2 and Portal, not exactly obscure games. It is included in > > the Steam runtime but we highly recommend against using that because it > > causes many issues. > > I don't understand why would you want to run some proprietary native > executables requiring obsolete libraries on your system when HL2 works > perfectly via wine, and gets a nice performance boost via Gallium Nine. That is even more viable now that Steam can be forced to use Proton but I still choose native, as I'm sure many would. > > If you want me to maintain this version then I can do that. If it's > > otherwise causing real issues by being in the tree then I could move it > > to steam-overlay but I'd rather not. There may be non-Steam use cases. > > Yeah, moving to Steam overlay is what I'd suggest. However, you want to > talk to crypto@ people since they flagged it for removal. Will do. -- James Le Cuirot (chewi) Gentoo Linux Developer
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