On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:24:10 +0100
Tomáš Chvátal <scarab...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> * Masking beta...
> This masks are good if the software release is KNOWN to break
> previous behaviour or degrade user experience. Otherwise the software
> should not be masked (its TESTING for purpose, not stable).
> Also the maintainer should watch if the testing branch is still
> relevant (why on earth we have masked 4.0.3_p20070403 version of
> screen when newer 4.3 is stable ;]) and remove the branch+mask when
> needed.
I agree with your criticism (i.e. that the mask should not be there,
especially not for "testing" as what the mask does is *prevent* testing
instead of enabling it), but must note that your version sorting
algorithm appears to be flawed: pkg-vX_pY (for patch level) is always
greater than pkg-vX.
Regards,
jer
