On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 19:18 +0200, Carsten Lohrke wrote: > On Thursday 30 March 2006 01:55, Mark Loeser wrote: > > Not directed specifically at you, but it seems a lot of people are > > masking stuff and removing it very quickly, and I'd really like to see > > everyone wait the 30 days to remove something from the tree. That way > > anyone using this package in some way will get the message from p.mask, > > and know what they should upgrade to. > > > > With that being said, is there any reason that the package should be > > removed so quickly? > > Yes, there is. It's slowing down the process, getting into the flow. Waiting > 30 days is a lot of time. A regular user does not necessarily follow the > dev-gentoo mailing list and it doesn't matter for him, if the package is > masked or removed. He can always get it from (web-)cvs. The time to wait is > to give others the time to step up to maintain the package. And if some dev > missed the announcement, nothing is stopping him to reintroduce the it. > Honestly, I don't see the point. > >
exactly, what's the point of removing it so fast? give people a chance to miss it, it does not matter if it's removed or masked only as far as going "woah, what?" and if masked it is a matter of unmasking rather than recommitting in short, if it's slowing down the process, why do you need it to be quick in the first place?
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