Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: stabilizing expat 2.0.0

["Rémi Cardona" <remi@gentoo.org>]

Duncan wrote:
> It's probably a bit late now (unless we want to wait yet another few 
> months), but tying this to a profile upgrade might have been a more 
> practical solution.  2007.0, or now 2007.1.  Old profiles would stick 
> with the old expat, and new ones would get the new one.  People are 
> generally prepared for at least a /bit/ of extra upheaval when they do 
> profile upgrades, and that would have made the PR a bit easier as well, 
> since that's a natural time for it.

Sounds good to me. To complement what Mart (leio) said earlier, a good
timing for Gnome is either 2.16.3 or 2.18.0/1, the latter not being due
for stable in for another few weeks.

My opinion: the sooner the better. But having new stages for new
installs so that users don't have to find out about revdep-rebuild the
minute they finish their install is probably the best way to go.

The profile idea looks ideal.

Rémi

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