From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Enge Subject: Re: Policy to remove obsolete packages Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 19:06:35 +0100 Message-ID: <20190204180635.GB8736@jurong> References: <20190204100318.208254da@alma-ubu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:51912) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gqie0-0007A0-0y for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2019 13:06:56 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gqidy-0000sT-9m for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2019 13:06:55 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([185.233.100.1]:40256) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gqidw-0000Vy-4z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2019 13:06:53 -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-8859-15?Q?Bj=F6rn_H=F6fling?= Cc: guix-devel On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 12:16:12PM +0100, Bj=F6rn H=F6fling wrote: > 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. We were both in the talk and had the same reaction, so indeed I agree. Andreas