On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: > 120129 Mike Frysinger wrote: >> On Sunday 29 January 2012 00:01:50 Philip Webb wrote: >>> Below is the output from 'localepurge' after this week's system update. >>> Please don't drop it till 'should' does = 'does'. >> the vast majority of that output comes from like 3 or 4 packages. > > All of it comes from 6 packages which I recently installed/updated : > evince gdk-pix-buf rekonq xkeyboard-config gnome-doc-utils sane-backends > The total rubbish cleaned out for these 6 was > 9 MB . > The last 3 belong to major projects -- X Gnome Sane -- , > which suggests that other pkgs they manage may suffer the same defect. > >> file bugs if you want things to actually get fixed. > > No, that's not the way it should be handled. > Filing bugs -- 6 of them in this case -- is no guarantee of attention even, > let alone action to fix the problem. Moreover, if it's fixable by Gentoo, > the dev involved should do it as a matter of course without needing a bug.
Wallpapering (and subsequently not reporting) the problem just means it will never be fixed. > > There is a perfectly effective script which cleans up the mess > & the only problem with it seems to be temporary lack of a maintainer, > who is not essential anyway if there's nothing which needs fixing > & should not be difficult to replace with a simple request for a volunteer. > > Please leave 'localepurge' where it is. > > -- > ========================,,============================================ > SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb > ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto > TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca > >
