Bug 922329

Summary:	dev-build/{cons,tup}: removal
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Michał Górny <mgorny>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	maintainer-needed, pinicarus, treecleaner
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	PMASKED
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Deadline:	2024-02-16

Description Michał Górny archtester

2024-01-17 18:40:37 UTC

Both build systems are unmaintained in ::gentoo and have no reverse dependencies.  dev-build/tup was last released in 2021 and has a number of bugs reported.  dev-build/cons was last released in 2001.

Comment 1 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev

2024-01-17 18:42:46 UTC

The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=df38685a103b2b4ae4faedaa82527b0971d30a4f

commit df38685a103b2b4ae4faedaa82527b0971d30a4f
Author:     Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-01-17 18:41:49 +0000
Commit:     Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2024-01-17 18:42:42 +0000

    package.mask: Last rite dev-build/cons, dev-build/tup
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/922329
    Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>

 profiles/package.mask | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Comment 2 Pierre-Nicolas Clauss 2024-03-07 19:43:03 UTC

Hello,

I quite like dev-build/tup and am using it in various personal projects.
It'd be sad to see it disappear from gentoo.

What would be the procedure to take on the maintainership of this package ?

Best regards.