From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Re: Policy to remove obsolete packages Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:51:13 +0100 Message-ID: <20190204115113.vhg5pbmc5byfpjmj@thebird.nl> References: <20190204100318.208254da@alma-ubu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:59044) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gqcsG-0007Iq-76 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:57:16 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gqcsF-0004ZK-K3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:57:16 -0500 Received: from mail.thebird.nl ([94.142.245.5]:44560) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gqcsF-0004Yr-EJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:57:15 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190204100318.208254da@alma-ubu> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_H=F6fling?= Cc: guix-devel On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 12:16:12PM +0100, Bj=F6rn H=F6fling wrote: > Hi Guix, >=20 > on Guix-Days we had no more time in the QA track to talk about obsolete > packages. >=20 > In the FOSDEM-talk by Frederic Crozat (SuSE) about Distributions, he > mentioned their approach which I find good to adapt: >=20 >=20 > If a package is broken for more than 6 months, we should just remove it > from Guix. Prior to removing, we should announce on the dev mailing > list, maybe someone will care about it then. If there is no response > within 2 weeks, we really remove it. >=20 > What do you think? +1. It would also be nice to add an OBSOLETE/DEPRECATE tag or comment which can be removed when a package works again. This could be made visible as metadata. Maybe even link it with debbugs. Pj.