Re: [gentoo-dev] Policy for retirement of old gentoo 'versions'

[Dylan Carlson <absinthe@gentoo.org>]

On Friday 02 July 2004 4:29 pm, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> A "tested profile" would also have to include specific versions,
> otherwise there is no way that a person could properly certify the
> validity of the test.

I agree.  The profiles only list ~70 packages and those versions aren't 
pinned.  Although maybe they should be.  The difference between the 
versions in a tested configuration/profile and what ends up getting 
installed later should include security updates (backported security 
fixes) -- which is not something we do right now...

My point is that I believe we could address this (at least in part) by 
pinning versions in profiles, and having repoman block commits that 
attempt to remove ebuilds that are required by a profile.  It's not a new 
idea.   This, instead of branching CVS.   Although I'm not opposed to that 
idea either, but IIRC some devs are...

Cheers,
Dylan Carlson [absinthe@gentoo.org]
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