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Resent-From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: guix-patches@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 16:21:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 72840 X-GNU-PR-Package: guix-patches X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Greg Hogan Cc: Konrad Hinsen , 72840@debbugs.gnu.org, Maxim Cournoyer , =?UTF-8?Q?No=C3=A9?= Lopez , Florian Pelz , andreas@enge.fr Received: via spool by 72840-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B72840.17278860277371 (code B ref 72840); Wed, 02 Oct 2024 16:21:01 +0000 Received: (at 72840) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Oct 2024 16:20:27 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59086 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sw25T-0001uo-7E for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:20:27 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:48514) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sw25R-0001ub-6o for 72840@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:20:25 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sw25H-00043t-8w; Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:20:15 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-Version:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:To: From; bh=fvcYyuncllfxWpTzGzlo+19rf4zx2OXWBSU3v6bKB24=; b=bYq66vtmE3rjBvb2S9Q/ LOZD2p106ZmeqHh9g/MO0T8wKnxOQMgZk/hPLjNUViOe3QAx8/zYT+pEpF62mdL4Av6NMNL20wZDZ 4JqOvc+tX835wpRCXf6TlCWNALzYIm8zzMJihD4rwSAul0XYKrk/EZMMxNMqnwF4TIh0Odg5qSYBd C/6ROhgcTRAKV3OWg7gSch737MykHOBU1YFjls8l2hFdMEDgXaNeov1t6qX+9JadYaCH6wMD5N9AM Rvxqe5hZqVaUXtYsGAxN240cy05tUsqpHgYStYLe+K7sTd+V6VadlyamuOabiLfLz0hWY4tmd1q1H RmFZLaVLuulE2A==; From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= In-Reply-To: (Greg Hogan's message of "Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:32:53 -0400") References: <902c544b5298617c2ed45af8d672130bc9b1a2e3.1726049102.git.ludo@gnu.org> <7b092101ad70b100c147b7dacb6efc3393f6cb06.1727129087.git.ludo@gnu.org> Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:20:12 +0200 Message-ID: <87y136v5mr.fsf_-_@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: guix-patches@gnu.org List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-patches-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.47 X-Spam-Score: -2.47 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 3F09A37E98 X-Migadu-Scanner: mx10.migadu.com X-TUID: C4X8+EkYEGaf Greg Hogan skribis: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 6:11=E2=80=AFPM Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: [...] >> +If it has many dependent packages---as is the case for example with >> +Python version@tie{}2---the relevant team must propose a deprecation >> +removal agenda and seek consensus with other packagers for @b{at least >> +one month}. It may also invite feedback from the broader user >> +community, for example through a survey. Removal of all impacted >> +packages may be gradual, spanning multiple months, to accommodate all >> +use cases. >> + >> +When the package being removed is considered popular, whether or not it >> +is a leaf, its deprecation must be announced as an entry in >> +@code{etc/news.scm}. > > Hi Ludo', > > Is the intent for the news entry to pre-announce the removal of a > popular package, as specified for other kinds of deprecation and > removal? What the paragraph above means is that a news entry is published when the popular package is deprecated, which could be months before it is removed. Does that make sense? Ludo=E2=80=99.