stardict seems basically unmaintained both in upstream and Gentoo. (See https://bugs.gentoo.org/776394 for example) It's still on EAPI=6, depends on a bunch of deprecated packages, has no reverse dependencies, etc; and it's been this way for many years. I think it's time to give it last rites. This package is maybe overlay-quality, but definitely not up to scratch for ::gentoo. Removing it will enable further clean ups (e.g. it is one of very few remaining consumers of app-text/gnome-doc-utils and app-text/enchant and is *the* last consumer of gnome-extra/gucharmap:0).
In https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=6539ff8057a3f04764016c9c023bff60ddb265ed, Bircoph removed the last-rite for most of stardict and its associated dictionaries. The last time Bircoph touched stardict was over 4.5 years ago: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/log/?qt=grep&q=app-text%2Fstardict In https://bugs.gentoo.org/776394, Bircoph asks for a "2 week timeout" (that doesn't apply to stablereqs), and then never replied again. In https://bugs.gentoo.org/735670, it's obvious the package has been broken with Clang for ages with a seemingly simple fix. All in all, I think it's fair to say that Bircoph doesn't actually "maintain" this package in practice.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=7a0a0ebb526cce917c052f540037ba0519a20c42 commit 7a0a0ebb526cce917c052f540037ba0519a20c42 Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-05-07 20:40:51 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-05-11 22:26:01 +0000 stardict.eclass: Mark @DEAD Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/905901 Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/30923 Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> eclass/stardict.eclass | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=ce7873c1528648becb1e02235240fc0938a2ed35 commit ce7873c1528648becb1e02235240fc0938a2ed35 Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-05-07 20:41:38 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-05-11 22:25:59 +0000 profiles: Mask app-text/sdcv for removal Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/905901 Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=51b02ff345f06adb9f4c96e538e27c4c5f7864c3 commit 51b02ff345f06adb9f4c96e538e27c4c5f7864c3 Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-05-07 20:40:28 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-05-11 22:25:20 +0000 profiles: Mask app-dicts/stardict-* for removal Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/905901 Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=7a474ccea40d8cd166d6b973531290c985bc3922 commit 7a474ccea40d8cd166d6b973531290c985bc3922 Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-05-07 20:33:19 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-05-11 22:24:32 +0000 profiles: Mask app-text/stardict for removal Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/905901 Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> stardict seems basically unmaintained both in upstream and Gentoo. That's not true. I can see new releases[1] even this year for 3.x branch. I don't understand why removing such utility, while there are no alternatives? [1] https://sourceforge.net/projects/stardict-4/files/
The last sdcv release was under a month ago. Why is it masked?
(In reply to Roman 'gryf' Dobosz from comment #3) > > stardict seems basically unmaintained both in upstream and Gentoo. > > That's not true. I can see new releases[1] even this year for 3.x branch. I > don't understand why removing such utility, while there are no alternatives? > > [1] https://sourceforge.net/projects/stardict-4/files/ As I said in the initial comment: > It's still on EAPI=6, depends on a bunch of deprecated packages, has no reverse dependencies, etc; and it's been this way for many years. (In reply to Sergey 'L29Ah' Alirzaev from comment #4) > The last sdcv release was under a month ago. Why is it masked? I was under the impression that it is not usable without stardict, but I may be wrong. I don't mind keeping it if it's still useful; it doesn't depend on a pile of deprecated packages.
sdcv is a console-based stardict alternative and usable without stardict, so please unmask it. It would also be nice if you could keep app-dicts/stardict-* as they are still useful to sdcv users.
sdcv has minimal dependencies, it is small and maintained, and I also don't think the removal of the stardict GUI should affect it.
Thanks for the info! I don't see any problem keeping sdvc. The only thing that gives me pause is that its maintainer is barely around [1] and he doesn't actually maintain any of the dictionaries themselves. They're all either maintainer-needed or assigned cjk@, which is effectively the same: > gentoo % find -path './app-dicts/stardict*/metadata.xml' -exec grep maintainer-needed {} + > ./app-dicts/stardict-freedict-tur-eng/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > ./app-dicts/stardict-freedict-eng-lat/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > ./app-dicts/stardict-freedict-eng-deu/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > ./app-dicts/stardict-dictd-devils/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > ./app-dicts/stardict-freedict-tur-deu/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > ./app-dicts/stardict-freedict-eng-fra/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > ./app-dicts/stardict-mova-smiley/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > ./app-dicts/stardict-freedict-eng-swe/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > ./app-dicts/stardict-quick-ru-en/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > ./app-dicts/stardict-xdict-zh-en-gb/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > ./app-dicts/stardict-freedict-eng-rus/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > ./app-dicts/stardict-freedict-eng-spa/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > ./app-dicts/stardict-freedict-eng-ita/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > ./app-dicts/stardict-freedict-eng-tur/metadata.xml: <!-- maintainer-needed --> > gentoo % find -path './app-dicts/stardict*/metadata.xml' -exec grep @ {} + > ./app-dicts/stardict-cedict-zh-en-big5/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> > ./app-dicts/stardict-xdict-en-zh-big5/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> > ./app-dicts/stardict-cedict-zh-en-gb/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> > ./app-dicts/stardict-jmdict-ja-en/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> > ./app-dicts/stardict-jmdict-en-ja/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> > ./app-dicts/stardict-xdict-en-zh-gb/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> > ./app-dicts/stardict-cdict-en-zh-big5/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> > ./app-dicts/stardict-langdao-en-zh-gb/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> > ./app-dicts/stardict-langdao-zh-en-gb/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> > ./app-dicts/stardict-xdict-zh-en-big5/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> > ./app-dicts/stardict-oxford-en-zh-gb/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> > ./app-dicts/stardict-quick-jpn-eng/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> > ./app-dicts/stardict-quick-eng-jpn/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> > ./app-dicts/stardict-cdict-en-zh-gb/metadata.xml: <email>cjk@gentoo.org</email> Looking at the upstream HOMEPAGE, I don't see new releases, so maybe these really don't require much maintenance. Thoughts? [1] https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/log/?qt=author&q=bircoph%40gentoo.org
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=4ecc20a56320ccf1a7550e8cccf76a6dc157dec5 commit 4ecc20a56320ccf1a7550e8cccf76a6dc157dec5 Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-05-16 23:50:12 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-05-17 00:11:50 +0000 Revert "profiles: Mask app-text/sdcv for removal" This reverts commit ce7873c1528648becb1e02235240fc0938a2ed35. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/905901 Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=3ddbba72cb878d66fcb614a664beeb0976eea153 commit 3ddbba72cb878d66fcb614a664beeb0976eea153 Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-05-16 23:49:47 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-05-17 00:11:49 +0000 Revert "stardict.eclass: Mark @DEAD" This reverts commit 7a0a0ebb526cce917c052f540037ba0519a20c42. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/905901 Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> eclass/stardict.eclass | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
I've unmasked sdcv and stardict.eclass. As soon as bug 906587 is handled I'll unmask the dictionaries (the dictionaries depend on stardict OR sdcv and most architectures only had keywords for stardict and not sdcv, so we need to keyword sdcv).
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=efbf813301fcc02a037a1d9fd7e99e81fe33524e commit efbf813301fcc02a037a1d9fd7e99e81fe33524e Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-05-19 21:01:32 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-05-19 21:01:56 +0000 Revert "profiles: Mask app-dicts/stardict-* for removal" This reverts commit 51b02ff345f06adb9f4c96e538e27c4c5f7864c3. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/905901 Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 32 -------------------------------- 1 file changed, 32 deletions(-)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=cb140e2e6bf42b5ca7f88f53afd2806c252a6ac4 commit cb140e2e6bf42b5ca7f88f53afd2806c252a6ac4 Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-06-11 22:25:31 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-06-11 22:30:22 +0000 app-text/stardict: Delete Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/676920 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/710450 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/733006 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/735670 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/905901 Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> app-text/stardict/Manifest | 4 - .../files/stardict-4.0.0_pre20160518-tabfile.patch | 38 ---- app-text/stardict/metadata.xml | 39 ---- app-text/stardict/stardict-3.0.6-r5.ebuild | 189 ------------------- .../stardict/stardict-4.0.0_pre20170304-r2.ebuild | 207 --------------------- profiles/package.mask | 10 - 6 files changed, 487 deletions(-)
