On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Peter Stuge <pe...@stuge.se> wrote: > Rich Freeman wrote: > >> Stable should mean something > > For users, stable means "older" in practice. Always did, always will.
If you don't like stable, then don't run stable. Don't change the meaning of stable, however, for those who find it useful. I've never had a problem with Gentoo stable. If it doesn't work, it should be dropped entirely on the arches that don't keep up (even if that means all of them). Defining stable to mean "no testing at all except by the maintainer" just makes the keyword meaningless - ~arch packages are supposed to be tested by the maintainer already. The main distinction between stable and testing is fewer updates. I'm sure the average person who runs mythtv with versions synced across 3 systems doesn't need every monthly patch set I push out, but once in a while I'll stabilize a keeper, and if somebody wants a particular feature sooner they can do the extra work. If a security update comes out the stable users still get them. If gentoo-sources isn't complying with our GLSA standards I think that is worth bringing attention (and help) to, but I've yet to hear that mentioned. Rich
