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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords
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On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 01:08 +0100, Tom Wijsman wrote:

> "The -* keyword is special. It is used to indicate package versions
> which are not worth trying to test on unlisted archs." [1]
> 
> You can keep rehashing about "winning", but all it does is break policy.
> 
>  [1]: http://devmanual.gentoo.org/keywording
> 

I would say, this is exactly that.  We are saying it is not for use on
any but the listed arch, so don't try to.  No?  Or are we going to hinge
this all on the definition of "test" in that statement?