On Thursday 19 June 2008 08:41:34 Luca Barbato wrote:
> > The point is to avoid breaking Portage versions that users might
> > reasonably be using, even if only briefly. Do you really expect /all/
> > users doing a new installation to choose the scary beta instead of the
> > nice safe release?
>
> What about those who do not update since 1.0? how could they survive the
> havoc?
Is avoiding a beta version of something moderately important (like, say,
installation media) really equivalent to not updating for over five years?
> Trying to make HUGE MONSTERS of little corner case is the favorite sport
> of Ciaranm and crew, be it a "beta" tag, an obscure feature some
> developers may like for tracking live sources (and the user should not
> use), possible fut{ure,ile} changes in the ebuild format.
Please take the ad hominems elsewhere.
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