From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6431 invoked by alias); 20 Feb 2015 02:43:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 6414 invoked by uid 89); 20 Feb 2015 02:43:56 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 20 Feb 2015 02:43:56 +0000 Received: from int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.26]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t1K2hskk016530 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:43:55 -0500 Received: from YAAKOV04.redhat.com ([10.10.116.24]) by int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t1K2hrXh030639 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:43:54 -0500 Message-ID: <1424400248.3460.73.camel@cygwin.com> Subject: Re: HEADSUP: Packages with obsolete dependencies From: Yaakov Selkowitz To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 02:43:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <54E5CE1B.1030709@x-ray.at> References: <1423628064.1704.53.camel@cygwin.com> <87mw4lgcn1.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <54E5CE1B.1030709@x-ray.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2015-02/txt/msg00268.txt.bz2 On Thu, 2015-02-19 at 12:50 +0100, Reini Urban wrote: > On 02/11/2015 07:56 AM, Achim Gratz wrote: > > Of the orphaned packages, as said in another thread, I'd make rakudo > > and parrot obsolete. I can maybe resurrect them after the Perl update > > if there's still interest in those or maybe a new maintainer shows > > up. > > yes, please. parrot is now dead upstream, and rakudo needs > now moarvm and jvm dependencies. The planned stable rakudo release > is Dec 2015, so there's enough time to get a maintainer. > They work mostly on windows. I have removed parrot, rakudo, and rakudo-star from the distribution. -- Yaakov