From: Alexey Sokolov <alexey+gentoo@asokolov.org>

Signed-off-by: Alexey Sokolov <alexey+gentoo@asokolov.org>
---
profiles/package.mask | 14 +++++++++-----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index b8bdd285f85d..fccb152787c9 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

+# Uses GLEP 84 format
+
####################################################################
#
# When you add an entry to the top of this file, add your name, the date
@@ -20,15 +22,17 @@
# - Best last rites (removal) practices -
# Include the following info:
# a) reason for masking
-# b) bug # for the removal (and yes you should have one)
-# c) date of removal (either the date or "in x days")
+# b) date of removal
+# c) bug # for the removal (and yes you should have one)
+#
+# See GLEP 84 for the full description of the format.
#
## Example:
##
## # Dev E. Loper <developer@gentoo.org> (2019-07-01)

alexey+gentoo posted on Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:20:38 +0000 as excerpted:

## Example:
##
## # Dev E. Loper <developer@gentoo.org> (2019-07-01)
-## # Masked for removal in 30 days. Doesn't work
-## # with new libfoo. Upstream dead, gtk-1, smells
-## # funny. (bug #987654)
+## # Doesn't work with new libfoo. Upstream dead, gtk-1, smells
+## # funny.
+## # Removal on 2019-08-01. Bug #987654.
## app-misc/some-package

OCD triggered:

Two very optional (it's an example after all) suggestions given you're
already changing it:

1) Example-timeliness niggle: s/gtk-1/qt5/ (or pick other appropriate...)

qt5 isn't out-of-tree yet but the effort is toward that /eventually/,
so it's a far more current example than gtk-1. (/How/ long has that been out-of-tree?)

2) Style niggle: Wrapping a two-word phrase to put just one on a line by itself... [grumble, grumble]. Sentence line-breaks are even better
so maybe (example in-point, "maybe:" wrapped to its own line...):

+## # Doesn't work with new libfoo.
+## # Upstream dead, qt5, smells funny.

(Or maybe with the shorter qt5 it'll all fit on one line?)

Again, both entirely optional, but that /would/ satisfy my OCD. YMMV.

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13.04.2025 14:36, Duncan пишет:

alexey+gentoo posted on Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:20:38 +0000 as excerpted:

## Example:
##
## # Dev E. Loper <developer@gentoo.org> (2019-07-01)
-## # Masked for removal in 30 days. Doesn't work
-## # with new libfoo. Upstream dead, gtk-1, smells
-## # funny. (bug #987654)
+## # Doesn't work with new libfoo. Upstream dead, gtk-1, smells
+## # funny.
+## # Removal on 2019-08-01. Bug #987654.
## app-misc/some-package

OCD triggered:

Two very optional (it's an example after all) suggestions given you're already changing it:

1) Example-timeliness niggle: s/gtk-1/qt5/ (or pick other appropriate...)

qt5 isn't out-of-tree yet but the effort is toward that /eventually/,
so it's a far more current example than gtk-1. (/How/ long has that been out-of-tree?)

2) Style niggle: Wrapping a two-word phrase to put just one on a line by itself... [grumble, grumble]. Sentence line-breaks are even better
so maybe (example in-point, "maybe:" wrapped to its own line...):

+## # Doesn't work with new libfoo.
+## # Upstream dead, qt5, smells funny.

(Or maybe with the shorter qt5 it'll all fit on one line?)

Again, both entirely optional, but that /would/ satisfy my OCD. YMMV.

As this message isn't supposed to be used as is, but only as an example,
gtk-1 is not bad as the example. But fine, made it gtk-2 instead.

Updated at https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/41563

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Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> writes:

alexey+gentoo posted on Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:20:38 +0000 as excerpted:

## Example:
##
## # Dev E. Loper <developer@gentoo.org> (2019-07-01)
-## # Masked for removal in 30 days. Doesn't work
-## # with new libfoo. Upstream dead, gtk-1, smells
-## # funny. (bug #987654)
+## # Doesn't work with new libfoo. Upstream dead, gtk-1, smells
+## # funny.
+## # Removal on 2019-08-01. Bug #987654.
## app-misc/some-package

OCD triggered:

Two very optional (it's an example after all) suggestions given you're already changing it:

1) Example-timeliness niggle: s/gtk-1/qt5/ (or pick other appropriate...)

qt5 isn't out-of-tree yet but the effort is toward that /eventually/,
so it's a far more current example than gtk-1. (/How/ long has that been out-of-tree?)

I think it's funnier if it's ancient.

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15.04.2025 20:54, Sam James пишет:

Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> writes:

alexey+gentoo posted on Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:20:38 +0000 as excerpted:

## Example:
##
## # Dev E. Loper <developer@gentoo.org> (2019-07-01)
-## # Masked for removal in 30 days. Doesn't work
-## # with new libfoo. Upstream dead, gtk-1, smells
-## # funny. (bug #987654)
+## # Doesn't work with new libfoo. Upstream dead, gtk-1, smells
+## # funny.
+## # Removal on 2019-08-01. Bug #987654.
## app-misc/some-package

OCD triggered:

Two very optional (it's an example after all) suggestions given you're
already changing it:

1) Example-timeliness niggle: s/gtk-1/qt5/ (or pick other appropriate...)

qt5 isn't out-of-tree yet but the effort is toward that /eventually/,
so it's a far more current example than gtk-1. (/How/ long has that been
out-of-tree?)

I think it's funnier if it's ancient.

Okay, switched it back to gtk-1 in the PR, while preserving the whole
sentence on one line

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