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 E227F13877A for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:28:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D9BBE0AE0; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:27:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D243E0ACF for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:27:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from marga.jer-c2.orkz.net (D4B2706A.static.ziggozakelijk.nl [212.178.112.106]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jer) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F2D7834032E for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:27:42 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:27:38 +0200 From: Jeroen Roovers To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] package.mask vs ~arch Message-ID: <20140630172738.28f9f32a@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20140630040153.GA668@linux1> <53B14A33.7040108@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.10.1 (GTK+ 2.24.23; i686-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: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6147637c-2b98-4fd1-9332-4ddb49b228b6 X-Archives-Hash: 9561540e84178c567b50151c30fb68f7 On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:37:11 -0400 Rich Freeman wrote: > You're basically asking for the practice of hard-masks for testing to > be banned. My original point in the other thread was that "masked for testing" is not a valid reason. A reference to an outstanding issue, bug report, discussion or other resources would help users determine whether it's safe for them to unmask an ebuild locally. "Masked for testing" offers no guidance at all and is nothing more than a lazy substitute for real content. jer