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Bug 150740 - Nominating app-misc/linup for cleaning
Summary: Nominating app-misc/linup for cleaning
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Other
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo TreeCleaner Project
URL:
Whiteboard: Pending Removal Nov 14th 2006
Keywords: PMASKED
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2006-10-10 05:04 UTC by Lisa Seelye (RETIRED)
Modified: 2006-11-26 12:40 UTC (History)
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Description Lisa Seelye (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-10-10 05:04:13 UTC
This package

1) Has no maintainer (no metadata.xml)
2) HOMEPAGE is a FTP server that is inaccessibile
3) "uptimes.wonko.com", the hardcoded host for uptime notification has been down for years
4) its replacement, "uptimes.hostingwired.com", is also down (and has a spam page in its place)
5) To use this package any user or dev would have to alter the fix-uptimes-host patch to essentially hardcode the host. crappy design
6) There have been no updates to this package for years (no HOMEPAGE)
7) For the purpose of this uptimes project (ofr which this package was used) there are better clients available.

app-misc/linup is the prototypical package for removal.
Comment 1 Christian Heim (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-10-14 08:36:11 UTC
Doesn't have any reverse dependencies (nothing depending on it) -> masked.
Comment 2 Steve Dibb (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-11-26 12:40:29 UTC
treecleaned