Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> It's simple.  You mask expat-2.0.0 on all the current profiles, we mark
> it stable in the snapshot and don't have it masked in the 2007.1
> profile.  When we release (actually right before), we mark the package
> stable in the tree.  We document the expat upgrade as part of the
> profile upgrade guide, and we're done.  Users using a <=2007.0 profile
> never see the upgrade.  New users use the new expat.  Users changing to
> the 2007.1 profile run revdep-rebuild.

+1

Now, how can we do this? Could we start changing the profiles right now?
(I guess people on ~arch will need to unmask it to not downgrade).
Should this be brought to the next council meeting?

Chris, I could write a small paragraph for whatever GWN explaining what
stable and unstable users will have to do if you want.

Cheers,

Rémi
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