From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hy4Cw-0006AP-3T for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:06:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l5CB5kZF012627; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:05:46 GMT Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org (170.Red-213-96-222.staticIP.rima-tde.net [213.96.222.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l5CB3BCC009253 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:03:11 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 372298D35A for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:34:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tungsteno [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05737-05 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:34:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from posidon.ferdyx.org (posidon.ferdyx.org [192.168.0.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A8418D305 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:34:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: by posidon.ferdyx.org (nbSMTP-1.01-cvs) for uid 1000 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) ferdy@gentoo.org; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:03:04 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:03:03 +0200 From: "Fernando J. Pereda" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] guidline to set a timeline of removal of ebuild from stable tree Message-ID: <20070612110303.GF4738@ferdyx.org> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20070612100139.GA4738@ferdyx.org> <466E772F.6010807@thefreemanclan.net> <20070612104641.GE4738@ferdyx.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@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TeJTyD9hb8KJN2Jy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ferdyx.org X-Archives-Salt: 9d5513a5-0454-4ae4-9d75-5cb85db664db X-Archives-Hash: a829d0009a61f96655a530bea0a8af29 --TeJTyD9hb8KJN2Jy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 12:53:16PM +0200, cilly wrote: > On Jun 12, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Fernando J. Pereda wrote: >=20 > > Known to be buggy versions. >=20 > Of course, there are bugs in every version. Sometimes a user must be abl= e to=20 > choose which bug is more problematic, i.e. the bug in the newer ebuild w= hich=20 > makes the package unusable for them or the older bug which has a securit= y=20 > issue the users are aware of but not present, i.e. prevented by firewall= =2E A=20 > timeline of two weeks would allow the user to easily downgrade and if=20 > necessary put the ebuild in overlay. If the user thinks he knows better than me which version he wants to use, there is the code. I'll still keep in Gentoo's tree whatever *I* feel it is best for every gentoo user. - ferdy --=20 Fernando J. Pereda Garcimart=EDn 20BB BDC3 761A 4781 E6ED ED0B 0A48 5B0C 60BD 28D4 --TeJTyD9hb8KJN2Jy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGbn1nCkhbDGC9KNQRAmyIAJ9DMLea923WfjtVL4cfrM832lQ+YgCbBKbq 5H1lGT9QXsNQ1jfKu8Wwcw4= =cQHq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TeJTyD9hb8KJN2Jy-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list