On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:00:03 +0100 Jakub Moc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| > PVR includes the revision of an ebuild. This means that if a
| > revbump is made on a webapp package to fix a critical flaw, users
| > will still have the old broken package installed too. This is
| > especially relevant for security issues, but also applies to other
| > kinds of fix.
| 
| Not including the revision into the SLOT can break the apps by
| removing the needed files from a live site... I still can't see any
| *QA* violation there.

Again, that's a design flaw. It's an eclass that's abusing SLOT, thus
it's a QA issue.

| Yeah, it checks for that since that's the way the eclass is designed.
| You can't declare a slot in a kernel ebuild either.

One is a design flaw. The other is not.

| Well, starts to be boring - so, either come with something valid from
| QA standpoint or stop now.

This is a valid issue from a QA standpoint. This is also why I'm not
going to waste my time doing a proper list -- rather than addressing
issues, they are being passed off as irrelevant or even features.

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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat)
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