package.mask: Last rite net-analyzer/netcat6

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/573814
Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>

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 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (13 Mar 2019)
+# An ancient netcat clone that has been declared obsolete upstream,
+# yet keeps confusing Gentoo users into thinking it's better than
+# the original.  Recommended alternatives are net-analyzer/netcat,
+# net-analyzer/openbsd-netcat, net-misc/socat...
+# Removal in 30 days.  Bug #573814.
+net-analyzer/netcat6
+
 # Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (13 Mar 2019)
 # An obscure GNU audio file library with no reverse dependencies.  Last
 # release in 2015 (and we are one release behind).  Fails to build.