From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L2Uj0-0000Sa-6v for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:50:54 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AB40AE04DB; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:50:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66E73E04DB for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:50:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 30so276923ugs.39 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:50:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type; bh=tM9XAZPZCGrDpolOQeNAkxxnIElXuxN+WiUeeV351C8=; b=tzHzVuSr/AKF139KHxREUnnUOIlpTSjFzW64yZ5TZjzPwsGyNAoh2KGQC2HQzjmEhC 3hd4BwoGJZRE3NHhjfGr0dHZ5Mao1YrzWEKx5abSgOzGOsbN7nIb4kift/D4sbeNr5Eq 9Aol9R493kMAk38xW1D9xU0tEfXmzk1v772k0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; b=xpPPtnFikTiwuIraOdpvBF3vBkzhqYi0RfPRWlmi8v0bCMJ1ZET1h3Sjy90H0kbHcS V/KMPW7NNYbEjeeWrwwcJNk5lVqCCpIFuEU5jmKkl2AgKEIhA8eq1WseOZXgv8Ip9bTX TuxrRD/cM8uiD+ELix8xLUi/TEDznq/VIneKQ= Received: by 10.67.116.12 with SMTP id t12mr2312274ugm.58.1227030650774; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:50:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from snowcone (92-235-187-79.cable.ubr18.edin.blueyonder.co.uk [92.235.187.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y7sm7085073ugc.22.2008.11.18.09.50.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:50:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:50:42 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Proposal for how to handle stable ebuilds Message-ID: <20081118175042.04f91e7c@snowcone> In-Reply-To: <1227027443.4891.54.camel@athena.ghs.com> References: <20081110181334.GD7038@aerie.halcy0n.com> <20081116183814.0931c9de@halo.dirtyepic.sk.ca> <1226934657.4891.21.camel@athena.ghs.com> <20081117190806.3ffe2dbb@halo.dirtyepic.sk.ca> <1227027443.4891.54.camel@athena.ghs.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.6.1 (GTK+ 2.14.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/XYn=nVL8GpwIwDblpyXzmrU"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 97ba5a7d-82eb-473f-919b-1370d182276b X-Archives-Hash: 62ee14bd6eafaa7b048761f21e7e9732 --Sig_/XYn=nVL8GpwIwDblpyXzmrU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:57:23 -0500 Daniel Gryniewicz wrote: > This is not about arches just being slackers. This is about arches > denying stable (or even ~) for some reason. If I cannot drop an old > version of something just because the new version doesn't (and won't) > work on an arch, that's really bad for me. What is the cost of keeping it there and not changing it? --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/XYn=nVL8GpwIwDblpyXzmrU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkkjAHUACgkQ96zL6DUtXhHU4wCeMI83FqwvBnJBtbU2IRDyDCx1 6D4An1nUPuAKLMOiS8hMEEsk1cDUf2Jn =0uTe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/XYn=nVL8GpwIwDblpyXzmrU--