package.mask: Last rite sys-boot/plymouth & rdeps, #621470

diff --git a/profiles/base/package.use.mask b/profiles/base/package.use.mask
index d299d8de36a483e686d60c46445678e2f8a28dd2..7a651fe7e6c993aa1a41e5c9c8c5618a300cf4a4 100644 (file)
--- a/profiles/base/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/base/package.use.mask
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 # This file is only for generic masks. For arch-specific masks (i.e.
 # mask everywhere, unmask on arch/*) use arch/base.
 
+# Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (04 Aug 2017)
+# sys-boot/plymouth is being treecleaned wrt #621470.
+gnome-base/gdm plymouth
+kde-plasma/plasma-meta plymouth
+sys-kernel/genkernel-next plymouth
+
 # Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (04 Aug 2017)
 # sys-kernel/openvz-sources is being treecleaned wrt #580516.
 app-emulation/libvirt openvz

diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index bf700ab10700c30f42d9dba9110e7dd194e268d8..27cb4019850ef55d831370ae9fc76eacbb08458b 100644 (file)
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@
 
 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (04 Aug 2017)
+# sys-boot/plymouth is unmaintained since Apr 2016. The current version
+# has multiple bugs, including not supporting OpenRC. It really needs
+# an active maintainer. Removal in 30 days. Bug #621470.
+#
+# The remaining packages are sys-boot/plymouth reverse dependencies.
+# They have no use without it, so they are being removed as well.
+kde-plasma/breeze-plymouth
+kde-plasma/plymouth-kcm
+sys-boot/plymouth
+sys-boot/plymouth-openrc-plugin
+
 # Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (04 Aug 2017)
 # sys-apps/yum is severely outdated (last bump 2013), unmaintained
 # since 2010. It has vulnerabilities. Removal in 30 days. Bug #499328.