From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HokqK-0005kd-4G for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 18:36:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4HIZtaF005381; Thu, 17 May 2007 18:35:55 GMT Received: from mail.esiee.fr (mail.esiee.fr [147.215.1.3]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4HIXoNP002933 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 18:33:50 GMT Received: from mail.esiee.fr (localhost.esiee.fr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.esiee.fr (Postfix) with SMTP id 329B33658C7 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 20:33:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from secure.esiee.fr (secure.esiee.fr [147.215.1.19]) by mail.esiee.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 135083658C0 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 20:33:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.0.0.13] (car75-2-82-224-45-203.fbx.proxad.net [82.224.45.203]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: cardonar) by secure.esiee.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1520398DE for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 20:22:52 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <464CA00D.9080102@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 20:33:49 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?R=E9mi_Cardona?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070326) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: stabilizing expat 2.0.0 References: <38928.192.168.2.155.1179228617.squirrel@www.aei-tech.com> <4649F736.3020807@gentoo.org> <1179336288.23409.7.camel@workbox.quova.com> <464B400F.30208@gentoo.org> <35060.192.168.2.155.1179337715.squirrel@www.aei-tech.com> <1179425153.24852.10.camel@workbox.quova.com> In-Reply-To: <1179425153.24852.10.camel@workbox.quova.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: ac8c905b-3705-4a5f-8193-645f2e09de36 X-Archives-Hash: f5774dab1fdaec758c4d398feaba54db Chris Gianelloni wrote: > It's simple. You mask expat-2.0.0 on all the current profiles, we mark > it stable in the snapshot and don't have it masked in the 2007.1 > profile. When we release (actually right before), we mark the package > stable in the tree. We document the expat upgrade as part of the > profile upgrade guide, and we're done. Users using a <=3D2007.0 profil= e > never see the upgrade. New users use the new expat. Users changing to > the 2007.1 profile run revdep-rebuild. +1 Now, how can we do this? Could we start changing the profiles right now? (I guess people on ~arch will need to unmask it to not downgrade). Should this be brought to the next council meeting? Chris, I could write a small paragraph for whatever GWN explaining what stable and unstable users will have to do if you want. Cheers, R=E9mi -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list