From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NO_RELAYS autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix, from userid 1105) id F29E824918; Tue, 25 Dec 2001 09:49:18 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 09:49:18 -0600 From: Daniel Robbins To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuilds for kde3 beta etc. Message-ID: <20011225094918.D6926@chiba.3jane.net> References: <0GOR009629L95F@mxout2.netvision.net.il> <3C26E6FB.6010600@theleaf.be> <1009242742.1501.0.camel@zoidberg> <0GOV00D81VGO1H@mxout1.netvision.net.il> <20011224231121.A6926@chiba.3jane.net> <1009282203.1648.4.camel@zoidberg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1009282203.1648.4.camel@zoidberg> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i Organization: Gentoo Technologies, Inc. Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: d022fce7-4b60-4c0b-a559-8e76ad213cbc X-Archives-Hash: 006bde6f2cfcf47eb57b0a37743be1b5 On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 01:10:02PM +0100, Mikael Hallendal wrote: > Well, it's very much unsolved. Because users don't care about masking > once they've learned how to get around it. As I said before _beta, > masking will only hold back some and tell that it's unstable. But we'll > end up supporting the stuff anyway. This is easily solved. Just put a very clear comment in package.mask around the mask entries stating in no unclear terms that *these packages are not yet supported*, are *for developers only*, and *are very unstable*. *use at your own risk*, *not a good idea* and *you'll regret it later* should do the trick! :) > This is just as the /incoming directory which many users started to use > even though they shouldn't. How so? -- Daniel Robbins Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo Technologies, Inc.