Rich Freeman: > > If the only one testing it is the maintainer then it probably > shouldn't go in the tree. However, if the maintainer is working with > others to actually test the package, then a short-term mask is > probably fine. >
IMO, if you are testing with others without knowing the outcome yet, then a mask does not make sense. This is actually another story of broken workflow with a minor subplot in VCS. Also, those masks are rarely short-term in practice, because well, see this thread. > In neither case will ~arch users be testing it. Developer overlays are widely used. So yes, ~arch users will be testing it, probably even arch users. It also limits the potential damage for the user, because he can very easily toss out the crap by just removing/masking the whole overlay instead of going on adventure reading broken portage output.
