From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j2A4YQTb031579 for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 04:34:27 GMT Received: from adsl-70-241-124-107.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net ([70.241.124.107] helo=localhost) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1D9FNS-0001oQ-Kz; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 04:34:26 +0000 Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:34:25 -0600 From: Grant Goodyear To: gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org, gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Please follow keywording policy Message-ID: <20050310043425.GF10754@dst.grantgoodyear.org> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org, gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org References: <20050308185536.58ecbe3c@enterprise.weeve.org> <422EA7E2.4040206@gentoo.org> <422EFCA6.2010607@gentoo.org> <422F0D2E.1040301@gentoo.org> <20050309162258.624316be@snowdrop> <422F3482.8020607@gentoo.org> <20050309183846.426af19a@snowdrop> <422F46F3.4030208@gentoo.org> <422F7F4B.4090406@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/04w6evG8XlLl3ft" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <422F7F4B.4090406@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 7ce8b1d1-09d5-42ef-bec7-7983f65be19c X-Archives-Hash: f68708a0a722ecaeca6c465c86a410a8 --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Alin Nastac wrote: [Wed Mar 09 2005, 04:57:15PM CST] > Btw, what is the sense of ~arch if not "testing"? No gentooer=20 > expects from a ~arch ebuild to be stable, so the sky would not fall if=20 > you made a mistake and release it under this keyword. When I hear "I=20 > cannot mark foo library as ~arch because I don't know how to test it"=20 > smells like excuse to me. *Sigh* The meaning of ~arch is that, at a minimum, the package works for the person who keyworded it (or, in some cases, worked for a trusted user on whose behalf the package was keyworded). In other words, the dev believes that the package works, and that belief is based on evidence, not just wishful thinking. An "arch" keyword means that there is considerable evidence that the package works for multiple people. Packages that might work, but also might not, ideally should not be in the tree at all, but could reasonably be package.mask'ed if testing is imminent. I'm pretty sure that I'm spouting the company line, here, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. -g2boojum- --=20 Grant Goodyear=09 Gentoo Developer g2boojum@gentoo.org http://www.gentoo.org/~g2boojum GPG Fingerprint: D706 9802 1663 DEF5 81B0 9573 A6DC 7152 E0F6 5B76 --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCL85RptxxUuD2W3YRAuzoAJ0WAgQa/zgxWGSc4YsdePcy4HMmlwCeIeVm jgq+d4RSF2TsnupBnIXvyN0= =10Ul -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list