Remove cdrom.eclass

[Elizafox]

This class is past the sell-by date. It should be either removed or placed in an "extras" repo.

Rationale:

• Violates the non-interactive policy of Gentoo (which is desirable to keep in Galapagos) and only exists as a weird exception
• Most of the ebuilds are very old and have not been tested/updated in years
• Impossible to test that these ebuilds are still functioning without the CD; automated testing is also impossible without copying the ISO's and mounting them in a script (legally dubious and not worth the trouble)
• Distribution on cdrom is increasingly obsolete; many computers no longer have cdrom drives
• Software distributed on cdrom and installed by portage by its very nature can never receive security updates without copyrighted/third party patches
• Software distributed on cdrom is usually under EULA and not free software

Anything that depends on it needs to taste the curb.

Here's a list of all ebuilds with an inherit cdrom in it:

games-action/heretic2/heretic2-1.06c-r1.ebuild games-action/postalplus/postalplus-1.ebuild games-action/d1x-rebirth/d1x-rebirth-0.58.1.ebuild games-action/descent3/descent3-1.4.0b-r2.ebuild games-action/rune/rune-1.07-r2.ebuild games-action/descent2-data/descent2-data-1.0.ebuild games-action/fakk2/fakk2-1.02.ebuild games-rpg/arx-fatalis-data/arx-fatalis-data-1.21-r2.ebuild games-rpg/arx-fatalis-data/arx-fatalis-data-1.21-r3.ebuild games-rpg/nwn-data/nwn-data-1.29-r5.ebuild games-strategy/darwinia/darwinia-1.3.0.ebuild games-strategy/darwinia/darwinia-1.4.0_beta9.ebuild games-strategy/heroes3/heroes3-1.3.1a-r2.ebuild games-strategy/ja2-stracciatella-data/ja2-stracciatella-data-1.ebuild games-strategy/dominions2/dominions2-2.16.ebuild games-strategy/smac/smac-6.0a.ebuild games-strategy/wargus-data/wargus-data-0.ebuild app-i18n/atokx3/atokx3-3.0.0-r11.ebuild games-fps/quake3-teamarena/quake3-teamarena-1.32b.ebuild games-fps/quake4-data/quake4-data-1.0.2147.12.ebuild games-fps/unreal-tournament/unreal-tournament-451.ebuild games-fps/doom3-data/doom3-data-1.1.1282-r1.ebuild games-fps/serious-sam-tfe/serious-sam-tfe-1_beta3.ebuild games-fps/unreal/unreal-226.ebuild games-fps/ut2004-data/ut2004-data-3186-r4.ebuild games-fps/quake3-data/quake3-data-1.32b.ebuild games-fps/serious-sam-tse/serious-sam-tse-1_beta1.ebuild games-fps/duke3d-data/duke3d-data-1.0-r3.ebuild games-fps/quake1-data/quake1-data-2.40.ebuild games-fps/unreal-tournament-goty/unreal-tournament-goty-436.ebuild games-fps/unreal-tournament-goty/unreal-tournament-goty-451.ebuild games-fps/doom3-roe/doom3-roe-1.ebuild games-fps/etqw-data/etqw-data-1.0.ebuild games-fps/postal2/postal2-1409.2-r2.ebuild games-fps/quake2-data/quake2-data-3.20.ebuild games-fps/soldieroffortune/soldieroffortune-1.06a-r1.ebuild games-fps/tribes2/tribes2-25034.ebuild games-fps/ut2003-data/ut2003-data-2107.ebuild

Many of these games are almost 20 years old!

[awilfox]

I've just had a check and found nothing that depends on atokx3 in the tree. I can't really imagine anyone having deps on games-*/ packages. I think this is safe to delete.

[Elizafox]

Some of the data packages above have dependencies which need to be checked. Also see the cdinstall use flag.

[Elizafox]

I already removed the following packages due to security risks and no updates in many years (most of which require cdrom):

games-fps/unreal-tournament-goty games-fps/unreal-tournament-strikeforce games-fps/unreal-tournament-bonuspacks games-fps/aaut games-fps/doom3 games-fps/doom3-cdoom games-fps/doom3-chextrek games-fps/doom3-data games-fps/doom3-demo games-fps/doom3-ducttape games-fps/doom3-eventhorizon games-fps/doom3-hellcampaign games-fps/doom3-inhell games-fps/doom3-lms games-fps/doom3-mitm games-fps/doom3-phantasm games-fps/doom3-roe games-fps/quake4-bin games-fps/quake4-data games-fps/quake4-demo

[Elizafox]

Removed the following today:

games-fps/serious-sam-tfe games-fps/serious-sam-tse app-i18n/atokx3

I moved the following to the extras repo: games-strategy/ja2-stracciatella-data/

[Elizafox]

games-action/fakk2 nuked as abandonware.

[Elizafox]

For easy accessibility, here is what still exists

catherine portage # grep -Eri 'inherit.+cdrom' . | sed -r 's:^./::;s:([A-Za-z0-9-]+/[A-Za-z0-9-]+)/.*:\1:' | uniq | sort games-action/d1x-rebirth games-action/descent2-data games-action/descent3 games-action/heretic2 games-action/postalplus games-action/rune games-fps/duke3d-data games-fps/etqw-data games-fps/postal2 games-fps/quake1-data games-fps/quake2-data games-fps/quake3-data games-fps/quake3-teamarena games-fps/tribes2 games-fps/unreal games-fps/unreal-tournament games-fps/ut2003-data games-fps/ut2004-data games-rpg/arx-fatalis-data games-rpg/nwn-data games-strategy/darwinia games-strategy/dominions2 games-strategy/heroes3 games-strategy/smac

[Elizafox]

Finished the following:

games-action/d1x-rebirth games-action/descent2-data games-action/descent3 games-fps/quake1-data games-fps/quake2-data games-fps/quake3-data games-fps/quake3-teamarena games-fps/unreal games-fps/unreal-tournament games-fps/ut2003-data games-fps/ut2004-data