[arch-dev-public] pkgstats and repo cleanup

[Allan McRae]

Eric Bélanger wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2008, Allan McRae wrote:
>
>> Hi devs,
>>
>> I have created a table of candidates for removal from the extra repo 
>> based on <1% usage in the pkgstats results.  I have gone through and 
>> flagged for keeping packages which are i18n, makedepends, or 
>> otherwise needed (in pacman testsuite, using on gerolde).  See the 
>> list here: 
>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Allan/Extra_Repo_and_Pkgstats
>>
>> There is probably other categories of packages we should keep (e.g 
>> drivers) and there are some fonts which might be considered i18n 
>> related so can you all go through the list a cross out the ones to be 
>> kept and giving the reason.
>>
>> In a couple of weeks time I will remove all the orphaned packages 
>> remaining on that list and contact the maintainers of the rest so 
>> they can decide what to do with their packages.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Allan
>>
>>
>
> After glancing over the list, I noticed that 2 of my packages were 
> there. IMO, this list should be restricted to orphans only.  Unless 
> you intend to check if the package if orphaned before removing it.
>

Read the sentence above yours...  :P

Allan