-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 01/07/2015 07:22 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 1:11 PM, William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> > wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 12:24:12PM -0500, Mike Pagano wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 12:14:23PM -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote: >>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:11 PM, William Hubbs >>>> <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>>>> On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 11:21:56AM -0500, Mike Pagano >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 05:47:10PM -0600, William Hubbs >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> All, >>>>>>> >>>> >>>> If you remove the mask, users will no longer be warned that >>>> they are using a flawed copy of the kernel sources. >>>> >>>> Thus, Mike's question about timing. >>>> >>> >>> Exactly. >> >> This should be a different thread then since this wasn't in the >> list I originally posted. >> >> However, >> >> this is considered an invalid package.mask entry since the >> package that was being masked is no longer in the tree [1]. > > Regardless of what repoman says, the mask entry is still useful. > > The repoman warning serves as a nice reminder, but please don't > treat it as policy. >
My two cents is that this is particularly true for kernel sources. For other applications GLSAs will take over the responsibility for the mask to ensure an upgrade path, however as we don't currently have a structured mechanism for kernels I support the mask personally. - -- Kristian Fiskerstrand Public PGP key 0xE3EDFAE3 at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJUrX9kAAoJEPw7F94F4TagHS4QAJyJR00BMKuyO151gOqIaa2f p3/t6Q9saxiNYHMhsuC0Fu4M8CFZ5h0685xiBkTDJKj6EBfS4Aju7TXEGqSmeEAD D7xz/I9dcaF8xehmLUHXN43FREdp8E4c0lcO3zXP80Ma53GzgyE+i3kuROVv2j4B awuNj1dalbZIdM+AuJ9AzyJU5v7rvt/kR+4xCqiutK0yMk5xkaiFC7STA5Cdts5R 86M1iZFXnRqQtmLskAGrQN3gqzUWmoFPwZsQGpSJW7TSR5t3R7J0EryPgs2eMbHA /i8OT0MeqxpXTsg4ri9AhcjRCBxXvX3t2UuToQYjXJikCHhv3/t8oB0ixbqzswta HOdMi569Z1fJ3JDO/briKD6gRm6BkpO13Uy9L1Ht8qJ9w2Oura7y0sBcUn4lCTv2 rBVPsa7bWm2M2JX9AOTMtpUrE/qCgiMD+Szf4Lf9NrOjudVnUecSFkZ+HAEK1LAT CKnRI11F2JYph6at3tLY1YsprLeFTzTo/rZ0w/4DDC9n//6Sl1s/8tMiidxqNVJd 8+Zv9TvDhtoznvAQm8Vdq5sDun5nVbk7SRwatDq+85P2ASJkq8O8QPSSQ8DpLAFQ ihk3xM7B7CSeK9x9ezuWw0LL6DjanaLQDNme+R32WLINsubn9hiK07UNUtEuvv9T LoeAdzfGmz5piMYeZcxT =UcGG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
