From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PrJX4-0008Cl-56 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:21:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AA9E71C04F; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:21:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailgate.caprica.metux.de (caprica.metux.de [82.165.128.25]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3324E1C049 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:20:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailgate.caprica.metux.de (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mailgate.caprica.metux.de (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p1L0I1NB015076 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:18:01 +0100 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mailgate.caprica.metux.de (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with UUCP id p1L0HcVn015061 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:17:38 +0100 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by nibiru.metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id p1L0B6DL006703 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:11:06 +0100 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:11:06 +0100 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] avoiding urgent stabilizations Message-ID: <20110221001106.GB22774@nibiru.local> References: <4D501BA4.6040802@gentoo.org> <4D502114.2060006@gentoo.org> <1297100159.15824.21.camel@localhost.localdomain> <201102071845.15942.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <20110207205059.GA10939@bookie> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110207205059.GA10939@bookie> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Terror: bin laden, kill bush, Briefbombe, Massenvernichtung, KZ, X-Nazi: Weisse Rasse, Hitlers Wiederauferstehung, 42, X-Antichrist: weg mit schaeuble, ausrotten, heiliger krieg, al quaida, X-Killer: 23, endloesung, Weltuntergang, X-Doof: wer das liest ist doof X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: fd96399505fc783dc5beb45f37fde632 * Markos Chandras schrieb: > My suggestion, as I said to fosdem, is to freeze, or take a > snapshot if you like, of the current tree, stabilize what you > need to stabilize, test the whole tree ( at least compile wise ) > for a couple of weeks and then replace the existing stable tree. hmm, would it make sense to add a new masking for the testing tree, so users could decide which stability grade vs they wish ? or perhaps use overlays for that ? For example, I'd like to have the critical packages (everything that's needed to bootup and do basic remote maintenance) from the new frozen-stable tree, but other things should stay as they are. cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weigelt@metux.de mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ----------------------------------------------------------------------