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On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:04:52 +0100
Ed W <lists@wildgooses.com> wrote:

> At the  simplest this could be used to allow a non core developer to
> bump an ebuild to a new version in response to some release.  It goes
> into the "highly unstable" section which shouldn't be seen by any
> normal person, yet at the same time makes it available to the kiddies
> who like to test the latest and greatest.

Isn't this what Break My Gentoo already provides?

http://www.breakmygentoo.net/

Personally I don't want to have to mess around with bugs for the
"highly unstable" section you mentioned, and I have a feeling that a
quite a lot of people share this sentiment. 

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