From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EGN0S-0006tf-Ee for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:40:24 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j8GKY4GQ010391; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:34:04 GMT Received: from mail.max-t.com (h216-18-124-229.gtcust.grouptelecom.net [216.18.124.229]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j8GKW8PU007770 for ; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:32:08 GMT Received: from cocagne.max-t.internal ([192.168.1.124]) by mail.max-t.com with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1EGMxK-0000lm-BO for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:37:15 -0400 From: Olivier Crete To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20050916202159.GF16616@olive.flatmonk> References: <20050915205149.GB22270@vino.zko.hp.com> <200509161515.26063.vapier@gentoo.org> <20050916203437.33cfb0fa@snowdrop.home> <200509162211.20786.pauldv@gentoo.org> <20050916202159.GF16616@olive.flatmonk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Organization: Gentoo Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:37:11 -0400 Message-Id: <1126903031.7253.3.camel@cocagne.max-t.internal> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.1.124 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: tester@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] first council meeting X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on mx X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1+cvs (built Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:35:17 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mail.max-t.com) X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id j8GKW8PU007770 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id j8GKY4I1010391 X-Archives-Salt: aa578893-03f6-4bf3-8830-7cec16539093 X-Archives-Hash: c55bd339900bd106175ec50f767da8f7 On Fri, 2005-16-09 at 16:21 -0400, Aron Griffis wrote: > Paul de Vrieze wrote:[Fri Sep 16 2005, 04:11:14PM EDT] > > > Those should be in package.mask. ~arch is for candidates for arch t= hat > > > haven't yet proven themselves. > >=20 > > It's often the case that those ebuilds in principle work, but there > > are other reasons for not marking stable yet. Some packages for > > example can have upgrade problems for stable users while being > > stable for testing (by benefit of allready having passed such > > upgrade problems). Masking the ebuild is not really an option > > (causing testing users to go through unnecessary hoops again), while > > marking stable is also no option. >=20 > You're saying there's four states: >=20 > package.mask > ~arch > ~arch candidate for arch > arch [...] > So far I find myself agreeing with Ciaran's idea in this thread. > I don't see the point (yet) in more than three states. Well having the "~arch candidate for arch" makes the imlate script much easier to use.. I would find it a PITA to have to go through the changelog of every package to see if it has been in testing for 30 days.. Or we need to automate it, something like a imlate-because-the-package-hasnt-changed-in-30-days.py=20 --=20 Olivier Cr=C3=AAte tester@gentoo.org Gentoo Developer x86 Security Liaison --=20 gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list