On 02/15/2014 11:11 PM, Michele Calgaro wrote:
mlt/mtt++ do have dependency value (I forget which package, but I chased that dependency down 2 or 3 years ago and it was still worth keeping even being i686 only). If I recall correctly knetworkmanager8 AND kpowersave ARE required for QT3 3.5.13 builds. Let make sure our decisions are technically correct and not simply based on whether anyone chooses to build them anymore.
IMO, I would prefer a GIT repo which is relevant to the current development trunk (less code to maintain, less code to look through in case of bug searching, less code to build, less building time, less of all :) ) Yes, some of the mentioned packages may be required for building older TDE versions (such as 3.5.13), but we have tags and as I already said, a simple git checkout would restore your local repo to the exact point of when a particular version was tagged and built in a matter of seconds, including folders no longer present in the current repo.
Anyhow, just my 2 cents.
Cheers Michele
All good 2 cents.
I agree if the packages server no purposes for anyone any longer, then let's get rid of them. However, if you still use a package and I delete it from the tree just because I don't use it anymore, I would expect you to be a bit perturbed... and vice versa. So if we are going to start lopping directories off the tree, I would suggest we open a "Directories to be Pruned from Git Tree" bug, list the candidates for removal, allow a reasonable time for comment (say 30 days), then with consensus prune those that are no longer needed.
That provides a mechanism for reasoned discussion and should prevent surprises. I know everyone on this list is busy, and for an action like this to be taken based on a couple of e-mails and replies in a 24 hour period does not seem right. There is no rush.
I have opened the bug:
http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=1937
Add candidates for removal there.