On 20.12.2016 16:40, D'Arcy Cain wrote: > On 2016-12-20 10:18 AM, Greg Troxel wrote: >> >> This is a good point. Demoting packages to wip serves the goal of >> reducing maintenance/bulk-build burden in pkgsrc proper, and makes them >> semi-available to people that care. > > I disagree but not strenuously. WIP is such a muddle already that > adding more just makes it worse. The way I see it WIP has a few problems. > > 1. No further subdivisions so everything is thrown into the same pot. I > understand that subdivisions are not possible if it is going to work > within the pkgsrc framework. > 2. No regular culling. Once a package moves into the pkgsrc tree it > should probably be removed from WIP. I'm not even sure how easy it > would be to identify them at this point. > > Adding more packages that are never going to be moved back into the main > tree seems to be exacerbating the problems. > What are the names of packages in particular in the mentioned muddle and problems?
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