From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E45781381F3 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2013 19:25:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 06565E0AAF; Thu, 8 Aug 2013 19:25:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from georges.telenet-ops.be (georges.telenet-ops.be [195.130.137.68]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3040E0A49 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2013 19:25:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from TOMWIJ-GENTOO ([94.226.55.127]) by georges.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id AKRm1m0012khLEN06KRmyG; Thu, 08 Aug 2013 21:25:46 +0200 Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 21:22:05 +0200 From: Tom Wijsman To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gnome Stabilization 3.6 or 3.8 Message-ID: <20130808212205.358a2b1d@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> In-Reply-To: References: <5202416C.5@gentoo.org> <1375881254.7753.41.camel@rook> <5202DD20.8050906@gentoo.org> <5203A880.1050306@gentoo.org> <5203B190.80306@gentoo.org> <20130808172340.7d2424af@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <5203C908.1000304@gentoo.org> <20130808185357.4208db83@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20130808202627.4b474471@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.20; 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; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/X/YhAVrzSrJ=xeXKw37N+H6"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: cd8d6f1d-711f-4b26-bc2a-343c11233c4b X-Archives-Hash: 2b550dc076f943c911b1563404bc56c7 --Sig_/X/YhAVrzSrJ=xeXKw37N+H6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 8 Aug 2013 15:02:55 -0400 Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: >=20 > Package updates that break other packages is not an issue unique to > the stable tree - we just have less tolerance for it there. If > libfoo-5 breaks stable systemd, then there needs to be coordination, > just as is the case if libfoo-5 breaks stable xeyes or openoffice. These are libraries; I don't see a direct problem, so I guess this logic applies to a package like OpenRC or systemd as well. Good point. > Usually in these situations things get straightened out and we're > usually the better for it because such incompatibilities tend to be > the result of brain-dead behavior in one upstream or the other. If it > can't be straightened out then sometimes we accept blocking deps/etc. Oh, right, I forgot [1] about the possibility to block and stabilize with the blocker; I wish I hadn't posted the "stabilize package combos" thread now, but well, maybe some good thoughts could evolve from it. Thank you for bringing this up! [1]: ... and want to blame my two weeks of absence ... :) --=20 With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : TomWij@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D --Sig_/X/YhAVrzSrJ=xeXKw37N+H6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSA+/dAAoJEJWyH81tNOV9HrcH/ROhBZROAwqS/LlZRARCK5rZ zu9bcYbl5vIB4AGFsQYyBlLCvHpCwYHUHvZYWgxj2R0q6lM1+SbaBRPlnZz/SqF1 8Nxm509OcEf+y0MQQpS6cZK85sL3MO3gw8uUUdFsmhSArVl0fS2p6msLzVB7aK48 w9zlueOgoX3iktpGGP7+sA3jlf4RxexYdimQ8MSHVJqxcoTYPPHr4uyS78BDMKDL mfhxdhgjsDtVIk6WNWzXqSeD0OlxtE5DUcmAhmgtswAsu8KQeeQTROIpSHRs14YF dM0JAHuB6DQ5NyNrJ+mB0FmpZOcbptum5WjYmK7f0NcE6lZf/VrrPd/3AQ0ChZM= =mLJw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/X/YhAVrzSrJ=xeXKw37N+H6--