Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: When is Gentoo 1.4 going to be released?

[Tom Syroid <tom@syroidmanor.com>]

Hi Matt ;-) long time, no chat.

--On Tuesday, October 22, 2002 12:15:49 -0700 Matt Beland 
<matt@rearviewmirror.org> wrote:

> We want the Gentoo team to let us know when they're going to
> let us take full advantage of the portage system again. Frankly, I (and
> I suspect most others) could care less about the 1.4 release in and of
> itself. Sure, a new version of the compiler and so on would be nice, but
> I can get that on my own if necessary. The problem is that the portage
> tree is frozen waiting for 1.4, and has been for some time.

Without trying to be contentious here (in other words, simple honest 
question)...

I know you well enough that I can safely say you're not about to go off 
using a new version of something on any kind of critcal box without testing 
it first. So on the assumption that you have already discerned 
program/tool/system utility is "ready for prime time", what's wrong with 
simply edited the "frozen" entry in package.mask and installing it?

While I concur that the Gentoo development team as a whole could do a 
better job of communicating TODO's and loose timelines to the community, I 
don't see how a frozen Portage tree is preventing you from utilizing the 
distribution in any way you heart desires.

Best,
/tom