Title: Removal of app-misc/maid-appimage
Author: Arran <gentoo@arran4.com>
Posted: 2026-11-10
Revision: 1
News-Item-Format: 2.0
Display-If-Installed: app-misc/maid-appimage

The app-misc/maid-appimage package and its automatic update workflow have
been retired from this overlay.

The maintainer no longer uses Maid, and the package update pipeline has not
been maintained or independently checked for some time. To avoid presenting
an unverified package as maintained, new Maid AppImage updates will no longer
be supplied from this overlay.

Existing installed versions are not automatically removed. The upstream
project's current 3.x release line focuses on Android rather than Linux.
No verified Maid Flatpak replacement was found at the time of retirement.
Older upstream Linux AppImages may remain available in its historical
releases, but they are not maintained or updated by this overlay.
Users retaining Maid should review upstream's available platforms and
releases or maintain a separate ebuild.

To remove the installed package if it is no longer needed:

  emerge --deselect app-misc/maid-appimage
  emerge --ask --depclean app-misc/maid-appimage