On 05/11/2016 00:54, Jonas Stein wrote: > Today we have still 524 ebuilds with SRC_URI=*googlecode* in the tree > [2] and should get these fixed before end of 2016. > > [3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Shutdown_of_google_code
The wiki page seems to indicate some sense of urgency. I'm not sure how much of that is needed. Brainstorming mentions just cloning the URLs, but don't existing Gentoo Mirrors have the same effect? My understanding is fetching will not break even if original URLs go down. I'm also not fully convinced by the manpower argument. It seems the same work needs to be done, one way or another. For the parts that can be automated and done in batch, this is indeed more effective than 500 individual bugs. However, I'm not sure if finding the new homepage and download URL can be that easily automated. In fact, users may do some work for us and help point to the right page. HTH Paweł
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