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Jeremiah Mahler wrote:

> 
> I imagine it as something where the user configures the
> minimum level of packages that they are willing to install.
> For example, a user might only be willing to install packages
> that are stable or rated 4/5 by 20 or more people.

I'm not sure that many people would like this,
because nothing stops someone to multiple rate a package.
(you can make it difficult, but not so difficult).

It could be good, and perhaps an option for
non production systems used to test gentoo. But I think
that a clean cut somewhere must be made. For
example all packages non labeled definitive are placed
in a category. When you emerge rsync
the files are updated and the rating is contained in the .emerge
"RATING = 5". You can browse packages, install them by hand,
but they should not be used as depend for a stable ebuild.
  This way an administrator has more control over what gets installed
and it can be a bit more relaxed when installing official packages.

I don't know if this could be done better with masks, and here
I would like to hear more experienced gentooers than me.

I have felt the need of something like this because when
when I build a ebuild script and submit I have to wait some long
time. If a friend of mide needs this ebuild a copy it to him,
which then pass it to his friend which fixes a bug, then ....
in the mean time changed something .... chaos.

I think the more difficult part is to develop a policy, which
should not be too restrictive but should also be secure.

> 
> I am not sure how to implement it yet. Where there is a will
> there is a way.

I'm more concerned with the requisites right now.
Implementation is important but you can't implement something
if you don't know what you have to do.

Marko