Re: [gentoo-user] Unstable packages on stable Gentoo

2020-03-09 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 3/9/20 11:35 AM, Consus wrote: > > But maybe the person who maintains ebuild does not have enough time to > ensure that all QA requirements are met. E.g. installing (willingly) an > unstable package is not the same as installing a "stable" package that > in fact is not. > No one even agrees o

Re: [gentoo-user] Unstable packages on stable Gentoo

2020-03-09 Thread Consus
On Sun, Mar 08, 2020 at 04:42:20PM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 3/8/20 4:22 PM, Consus wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is it somehow possible to install unstable packages on stable Gentoo > > without manual unmasking? Say, package dev-util/perf does not have _any_ > > stable ebuild, so IMO there is

Re: [gentoo-user] Unstable packages on stable Gentoo

2020-03-08 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 3/8/20 4:22 PM, Consus wrote: > Hi, > > Is it somehow possible to install unstable packages on stable Gentoo > without manual unmasking? Say, package dev-util/perf does not have _any_ > stable ebuild, so IMO there is actually no point in manual unmasking, > because user does not have any choice

Re: [gentoo-user] Unstable packages on stable Gentoo

2020-03-08 Thread Alessandro Barbieri
For me there is no point in having a "stable" gentoo managed like this (I really like debian stable). I'm using unstable gentoo since 2017 because a whole bunch of packages I installed only exist in ~amd64. Il Dom 8 Mar 2020, 21:22 Consus ha scritto: > Hi, > > Is it somehow possible to install u

[gentoo-user] Unstable packages on stable Gentoo

2020-03-08 Thread Consus
Hi, Is it somehow possible to install unstable packages on stable Gentoo without manual unmasking? Say, package dev-util/perf does not have _any_ stable ebuild, so IMO there is actually no point in manual unmasking, because user does not have any choice between stable/unstable.