[Buildroot] [PATCH] odroid-mali: mark package as BROKEN

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 05-03-17 23:40, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Sun, 5 Mar 2017 23:33:56 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> 
>>  I'm obviously late with commenting on this, but I think marking things as
>> BROKEN is wrong. It bypasses the legacy mechanism so it disappears without
>> notice. Also, BROKEN packages languish there for years without ever anyone
>> taking a look. Sometimes things do get repaired, but re-adding the package is
>> not much more complicated than
>>
>>  So, I propose to remove all broken packages.
>>
>>  [I have the feeling we discussed this kind of thing at some BR devel meeting at
>> some point, but I can't find it.]
> 
> True. But for this one case, the developer contributing the package is
> still active, submitting patches for other things from time to time. So
> I was hoping that a stronger hint at "please fix your packages
> otherwise they'll get removed" was in order.

 I think an outright removal (with the original contributors in Cc) is an
equally strong incentive.

> 
> Let's say that we'll remove this package before the 2017.05 release if
> nobody unbreaks it?

 And what with the 6 other packages (or package options) marked as broken? Can
we kill it?

 Regards,
 Arnout

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