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 DEA9A138247 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:24:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9454EE0A89; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:24:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from juliette.telenet-ops.be (juliette.telenet-ops.be [195.130.137.74]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 780CDE0A64 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:24:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from TOMWIJ-GENTOO ([94.226.55.127]) by juliette.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id E1QZ1n00N2khLEN061QZf8; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 02:24:33 +0100 Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 02:23:37 +0100 From: Tom Wijsman To: mjo@gentoo.org Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: revisiting our stabilization policy Message-ID: <20140115022337.4336618d@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> In-Reply-To: <52D5E03C.3010900@gentoo.org> References: <20140114213719.GA2684@laptop.home> <52D5B2CA.5030407@gentoo.org> <20140114223312.GA3337@laptop.home> <52D5BDAD.4030808@gentoo.org> <20140114231113.GA3393@laptop.home> <52D5DAB6.1000609@gentoo.org> <20140115020802.700b1568@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <52D5E03C.3010900@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.22; 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_/LuEczlFQ2vOFNdrcWnHeezd"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: fd4bc6b4-fe2d-47de-8436-4574b0e63b3c X-Archives-Hash: 271fe2b5469abfe5bb317e981867eeb6 --Sig_/LuEczlFQ2vOFNdrcWnHeezd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:11:24 -0500 Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 01/14/2014 08:08 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: > >=20 > > This is under the assumption that the user knows of the state of the > > stabilization worsening; if the user is unaware of that change, the > > "could have done anyway" might be less common and first something > > bad would need to happen before they realize the worsened > > stabilization. > >=20 >=20 > If I don't realize it, it ain't broke. So, you're going to wait for corruption, a security breach or something along those lines to happen first? Corruption is what stabilization of consistent dependencies can prevent, rather than relying on a >=3D... dependency too much. Security is what prevents security bugs from remaining present. And so on... If you don't realize it, it ain't fixed. --=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_/LuEczlFQ2vOFNdrcWnHeezd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJS1eMZAAoJEJWyH81tNOV9dVAH/0FcIjPrPvLqY4Jb+Y3wffX8 HhOJ2KegLWcuwStm209QS/l7jMtbPwSgpwCiOdRU6vOIDRJrf487/ZfA4dOQTdn6 nsocJoqDvTSHE7S/y4fK36t2dRbQtzLv9sQKMuhaFikJA2DwTLPcVf2JgzziX6Xv p5D2wUSfEF60blFnX36h2TyFq7w6M1aUjhbiD9NRf11HkywfXsBoFtlvg6qfszSL UWzC0GKuqyP0IYk5p+sZR2h/ZRACT2pAbX/TDd58QomyY34ZohsyUxltLQ8gQf6z wLHsB4AvZbxEtBQWgFfmO1m4rAwLiocICAhH4ZCK6zS0BsrB93g2GAJ0TRIcxXE= =mons -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/LuEczlFQ2vOFNdrcWnHeezd--