From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2526 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2004 15:07:05 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 26 Aug 2004 15:07:05 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C0LqB-0003j0-GF for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:07:03 +0000 Received: (qmail 23192 invoked by uid 89); 26 Aug 2004 15:07:03 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 17660 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2004 15:07:02 +0000 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:04:03 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <20040826160403.26f779f4@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <200408261651.43401.carlo@gentoo.org> References: <20040825173002.6056b975@localhost> <20040825211722.2fb8e0a6@voyager.weeve.org> <200408261651.43401.carlo@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12a (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="Signature=_Thu__26_Aug_2004_16_04_03_+0100_YIzNkpHlvzdkxiww" Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuild bumping policy wrt KEYWORDS X-Archives-Salt: 7476bfec-469a-44a3-ab64-3592fa8aa6a3 X-Archives-Hash: d19ae866e7192be96055d16ebe53c3d1 --Signature=_Thu__26_Aug_2004_16_04_03_+0100_YIzNkpHlvzdkxiww Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:51:43 +0200 Carsten Lohrke wrote: | >>Ebuilds should only be stabilized, i.e. placed from "~arch" into | >"arch" when | the maintainer, or an architecture maintainer deems the ebuild to be | stable. | | From a package maintainer perspective, I'm not fine with it. Imho an | arch should simply not go stable, before the package maintainer marks | his arch stable. I cannot care for arch maintainers - and their users | - if they run into problems, e.g. due to dependency changes while I do | not consider the ebuild stable. If the arch maintainer thinks, he | knows a package better than me and cannot even ask before doing so - | o.k., not my problem. We had the discussion a while back... Personally I prefer my original wording: > Arch teams: when moving from ~arch to arch on an actively maintained > package where you're going ahead of the maintainer's arch, it's best > to consult first. You don't necessarily have to follow the > maintainer's advice, but at least listen to what they have to say. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Sparc, MIPS, Vim, Fluxbox) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Signature=_Thu__26_Aug_2004_16_04_03_+0100_YIzNkpHlvzdkxiww Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBLfvl96zL6DUtXhERAkxSAJ0d7MrEBFVZ1vVR2U+4XvLLbANmngCg0zv/ PfmhS8RCFVR6trLOZYHQsuE= =vgm9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Thu__26_Aug_2004_16_04_03_+0100_YIzNkpHlvzdkxiww--