Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo 2006.1

[Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org>]

Jeff Rollin wrote:
> 
> It seams that USE flags are not realy tested or how
> can it happen that there are already know bugs in the
> stable distro ?
> 
> Just like to make the point that if something requires a dependency in
> ~arch (unstable), then it isn't/shouldn't be in arch (stable).
> 

Because the thought that stable is always "stable" or that because we
released things are "stable" is incorrect ;)

Stable is more or less stable; almost all of the packages work out of
the box (at least for me) and things generally go well.

In some cases, a weird USE combination or an odd package breaks things;
there are forums, mailing lists, and irc, as well as bugs.gentoo.org to
help you find and report problems/fixes.  I don't know where these
magical expectations come from?

If you want everything to always work; thats just not possible (in any
endeavor, let alone this one.)
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