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Subject: Re: Ebuild freeze (was: [gentoo-dev] wine 20020228)
From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>
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On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 08:41, Arcady Genkin wrote:
> Per Wigren <wigren@home.se> writes:
> 
> > Just a note:
> > I did a:
> > # cp wine-20020122.ebuild wine-20020228.ebuild
> > and it works fine!
> 
> Isn't it too bad that ebuild freeze is in effect?  ;^)
> 
> Having re-read the announcement, though, it's not clear to me whether
> new versions of existing portages are subject to the freeze, or only
> the newly submitted ebuilds...
> 
> Clarification, anyone?

The main purpose of the ebuild freeze is to free up developer time.  If
you have some free time and want to update a few ebuilds, that's fine --
as long as you ensure the new versions work.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins                                  <drobbins@gentoo.org>
Chief Architect/President                       http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.