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 04A501392EF for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:14:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4AE31E0B98; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:13:57 +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 4B9CBE0B94 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:13:56 +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 D0FE734035D for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:13:49 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:13:45 +0200 From: Jeroen Roovers To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] package.mask vs ~arch Message-ID: <20140630181345.702381e2@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net> In-Reply-To: <53B184E3.5040902@gentoo.org> References: <20140630040153.GA668@linux1> <53B1809F.9070807@gentoo.org> <20140630173654.0c70c367@pomiot.lan> <53B184E3.5040902@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: d296799a-c078-46e8-83de-1b6c18706230 X-Archives-Hash: 7f6ab2f9fb610d5a08d14e42e3f50499 On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:40:19 -0400 Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > But... if I unmask it, -everyone- using ~arch will install it and > it'll break all the systems that it doesn't work on, which -could- be > quite a lot at this point. :D Which is great, because then you have an actual test result, whereas before you had nothing but a stupid mask. And lots of people are suddenly very much interested in getting any and all bugs fixed in the new ebuild, whereas before you only had the stupid mask. jer