[gentoo-dev] Package Up For Grabs

2016-03-15 Thread Alex Brandt
Hey, I've stopped using app-backup/holland (and friends) myself and want to see if anyone is interested in taking over maintainership. If I don't see anyone express interest or put their name on it by April 3rd I'll go ahead and mark it maintainer-wanted. Regards, -- Alex Brandt Software De

[gentoo-dev] Last-rites: Java 6 VMs (including ibm-{jdk,jre}-bin)

2016-03-15 Thread James Le Cuirot
# James Le Cuirot (14 Mar 2016) # Bye bye Java 6! If you really still need it then gnu_andrew will # continue to maintain icedtea:6 in java-overlay but it is not # supported by Java team at all. IBM's JVM is still alive but # downloads are behind a registration wall and Java team does not wish # t

[gentoo-dev] Last-rites: dev-dotnet/ikvm, dev-java/jcharts

2016-03-15 Thread James Le Cuirot
# James Le Cuirot (14 Mar 2016) # Our old ebuilds require Java 6/7 and are most likely # vulnerable. Upstream has a new version targeting Java 8 but no # response from dotnet team. I am leaving ikvm-bin alone but only # because it doesn't require Java. Removal in 30 days. dev-dotnet/ikvm # James