-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 21:39:54 +1200 Kent Fredric <ken...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 08:14:52 +0200 > Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > However, please > > + do not include it in the <c>package.mask</c> entry as users do > > not need > > + to be forced to proactively unmerge it. > > I can think of a utilitarian value of doing this anyway. > > Namely, it gives a window during `emerge -uD @world` where portage > tells you that they have a masked package installed, and the reason. I think portage also warns for installed packages with no corresponding ebuild; the reason is somewhat generic though (sth like 'it is gone') IMHO last rites windows have only one purpose: give time to people to step up and fix the reason why it is going away -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEAREIAB0WIQSpOxaxaZikKNVNlsYOJUi7xgflrgUCX1YK/gAKCRAOJUi7xgfl rrooAQCBK/WXgwMl1wm8jQh+e2oyD8WIAzSrzFFBCE7xWL1WGgEAgWSGBmG9ug8/ ZNfrHnOhBL2o6hZupzMy/84dX7DFBvk= =pwzN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
