From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: swedebugia Subject: Re: Policy to remove obsolete packages Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 13:42:17 +0100 Message-ID: <382246fe-8699-8940-e813-0e20aa76b849@riseup.net> References: <20190204100318.208254da@alma-ubu> <87munbkvy8.fsf@gnu.org> <20190205111301.2070ec2d@alma-ubu> <20190205213134.yluu4butrdrcy6uj@uptimegirl.lan> <87h8dgfszd.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40953) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1grj13-0000hF-1F for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2019 07:42:53 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1grj0s-0004Gg-PA for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2019 07:42:45 -0500 Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([198.252.153.129]:56758) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1grj0n-0004CE-Es for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2019 07:42:37 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87h8dgfszd.fsf@elephly.net> Content-Language: en-US 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: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On 2019-02-06 23:32, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > This is a tangent. This thread is about removing obsolete packages. > Let=E2=80=99s not discuss moving packages each to their own module here= . This > has been discussed elsewhere and it=E2=80=99s a can of worms (which is = fine if > you=E2=80=99re a bird, but not so good if you want to close the can aga= in). >=20 > If you=E2=80=99re interested in playing with this you can do this in a = local > branch and see how it behaves and what drawbacks it has. But I don=E2=80= =99t > think it=E2=80=99s a good use of our time discussing it (again). Thanks for the heads up. I missed the conversation. Its not really that=20 important to me anyway. --=20 Cheers Swedebugia