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Re: Proposed package removals after 2016Q4



On 20.12.2016 16:40, D'Arcy Cain wrote:
> On 2016-12-20 10:18 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:
>>
>> This is a good point.  Demoting packages to wip serves the goal of
>> reducing maintenance/bulk-build burden in pkgsrc proper, and makes them
>> semi-available to people that care.
> 
> I disagree but not strenuously.  WIP is such a muddle already that
> adding more just makes it worse.  The way I see it WIP has a few problems.
> 
>  1. No further subdivisions so everything is thrown into the same pot. I
> understand that subdivisions are not possible if it is going to work
> within the pkgsrc framework.
>  2. No regular culling.  Once a package moves into the pkgsrc tree it
> should probably be removed from WIP.  I'm not even sure how easy it
> would be to identify them at this point.
> 
> Adding more packages that are never going to be moved back into the main
> tree seems to be exacerbating the problems.
> 

What are the names of packages in particular in the mentioned muddle and
problems?

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