On Fri, 2005-16-09 at 16:21 -0400, Aron Griffis wrote: > Paul de Vrieze wrote:[Fri Sep 16 2005, 04:11:14PM EDT] > > > Those should be in package.mask. ~arch is for candidates for arch that > > > haven't yet proven themselves. > > > > It's often the case that those ebuilds in principle work, but there > > are other reasons for not marking stable yet. Some packages for > > example can have upgrade problems for stable users while being > > stable for testing (by benefit of allready having passed such > > upgrade problems). Masking the ebuild is not really an option > > (causing testing users to go through unnecessary hoops again), while > > marking stable is also no option. > > You're saying there's four states: > > package.mask > ~arch > ~arch candidate for arch > arch [...] > So far I find myself agreeing with Ciaran's idea in this thread. > I don't see the point (yet) in more than three states.
Well having the "~arch candidate for arch" makes the imlate script much easier to use.. I would find it a PITA to have to go through the changelog of every package to see if it has been in testing for 30 days.. Or we need to automate it, something like a imlate-because-the-package-hasnt-changed-in-30-days.py -- Olivier Crête [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo Developer x86 Security Liaison -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
