On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Thomas Deutschmann <whi...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 2017-12-14 21:06, R0b0t1 wrote:
>> In response to the concerns about stability: If I run a lot of unstable
>> packages, would that preclude my system from being able to help?
>
> Yes. Only clean stable systems are eligible for arch testing. That's the
> whole idea of arch testing... ;)
>
> Remember that mixed systems aren't officially supported.
>
It seems like lagging stability is due to a lack of resources. I do
not know a single person who would be able to run only stable
packages. They seem to move too slowly, and people switch to unstable
packages because they contain bugfixes and sometimes new features.
Could the criteria for stability be reconsidered? Mixed systems might
not be supported, but save for cases of ABI/API breakage (which can
happen when transitioning from stable->stable) I do not know why the
packages would not play well with each other. I am sure there are
examples where things have blown up, but it seems like expecting that
to be the case isn't helping.
Cheers,
R0b0t1
