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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HoNHm-0005pS-53 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 May 2007 17:27:38 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4GHQgsL004978; Wed, 16 May 2007 17:26:42 GMT Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org (66-191-187-123.dhcp.gnvl.sc.charter.com [66.191.187.123]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4GHOrEh002725 for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 17:24:54 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32E292480E2 for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 13:13:34 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at twi-31o2.org Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gravity.twi-31o2.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id geqdn9Zh9GiG for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 13:13:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.100.51] (dsl211-165-131.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [74.211.165.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F52F248079 for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 13:13:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: stabilizing expat 2.0.0 From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <4649F736.3020807@gentoo.org> References: <38928.192.168.2.155.1179228617.squirrel@www.aei-tech.com> <4649F736.3020807@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 10:24:48 -0700 Message-Id: <1179336288.23409.7.camel@workbox.quova.com> 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 2.8.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id l4GHQguH004978 X-Archives-Salt: da9a6cae-c7f5-4112-945a-1bdc76ee7e8f X-Archives-Hash: f2f7781c1eecb97b0d4d5e6b32fd5403 On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 20:08 +0200, R=C3=A9mi Cardona wrote: > Duncan wrote: > > It's probably a bit late now (unless we want to wait yet another few=20 > > months), but tying this to a profile upgrade might have been a more=20 > > practical solution. 2007.0, or now 2007.1. Old profiles would stick= =20 > > with the old expat, and new ones would get the new one. People are=20 > > generally prepared for at least a /bit/ of extra upheaval when they d= o=20 > > profile upgrades, and that would have made the PR a bit easier as wel= l,=20 > > since that's a natural time for it. >=20 > Sounds good to me. To complement what Mart (leio) said earlier, a good > timing for Gnome is either 2.16.3 or 2.18.0/1, the latter not being due > for stable in for another few weeks. >=20 > My opinion: the sooner the better. But having new stages for new > installs so that users don't have to find out about revdep-rebuild the > minute they finish their install is probably the best way to go. >=20 > The profile idea looks ideal. No. It would have been ideal if we would have done it with the release. Now, it means people *will* need to use revdep-rebuild as soon as they install their shiny new system if they use binary packages. People coming from stage3 would be fine, of course. --=20 gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list