>>>>> On Sat, 07 Mar 2020, Michał Górny wrote:

> Surely, you can claim we could just drop them to maintainer-needed.
> What problem does that solve?  The package would still miss 3.7 support.
> Users will still suffer when we switch the default (if they have any
> users, that is).  We would still have to last rite them when 3.6 is
> gone.  What's the gain?

> Right, let's talk about m-needed.  Over 2000 packages already and still
> growing.  What message does *that* send to the users?

Sorry, but where have I suggested to drop these packages to m-n?

> How about the following message: the difference between Gentoo
> and Debian stable is that Gentoo doesn't have the 'b'.

> Finally, what message does it send to our users when developers keep
> picking up fights like this?  You seem to disagree with my work
> on Gentoo, and the only solution you can come up is publicly shaming me?
> This isn't 'let's discuss a better solution' kind of mail, this is
> 'justify yourself before me, you puny developer, how dare you do things
> I don't like'.

This is neither a fight nor a personal issue. Also, please don't put
words in my mouth that I haven't said and never intended to say.

Ulrich

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