Last rites for old NX packages, bug #537774

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 # ChangeLog for profile directory
 # Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/ChangeLog,v 1.9880 2015/03/25 07:45:14 bircoph Exp $
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/ChangeLog,v 1.9881 2015/03/26 16:11:28 voyageur Exp $
 #
 # This ChangeLog should include records for all changes in profiles directory.
 # Only typo fixes which don't affect portage/repoman behaviour could be avoided
 # here. If in doubt put a record here!
 
+  26 Mar 2015; Bernard Cafarelli <voyageur@gentoo.org> package.mask:
+  Last rites for old NX packages, bug #537774
+
   25 Mar 2015; Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@gentoo.org> package.mask:
   sys-power/nvclock is maintained again, removing mask: #537926.
 

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+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/package.mask,v 1.16440 2015/03/26 16:11:28 voyageur Exp $
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+# Bernard Cafarelli <voyageur@gentoo.org> (26 Mar 2015)
+# Dead upstreams, not working in some use cases, 
+# compatibility with current net-misc/nx not guaranteed,
+# some bundle old binary Xorg code that may be vulnerable,
+# modern alternative exist:
+# net-misc/x2go{client,server} and proprietary NX 4 (bug #488334)
+# These packages are now available in the NX overlay
+# Removal in a month (bug #537774)
+app-admin/eselect-nxserver
+net-misc/neatx
+net-misc/nxcl
+net-misc/nxclient
+net-misc/nxnode
+net-misc/nxsadmin
+net-misc/nxserver-freeedition
+net-misc/nxserver-freenx
+net-misc/qtnx
+
 # Michael Sterrett <mr_bones_@gentoo.org> (24 Mar 2015)
 # no need for the -bin version when we have a source build
 # masked for removal on 20150423