From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_QUAR,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 5ECCBABD6C for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 17:05:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 31766 invoked by uid 0); 23 Jul 2002 22:05:08 -0000 Received: from m206p019.dipool.highway.telekom.at (HELO mephi.gmx.at) (62.46.15.179) by mail.gmx.net (mp012-rz3) with SMTP; 23 Jul 2002 22:05:08 -0000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020723231904.02108760@pop3.norton.antivirus> X-Sender: psy-sec@gmx.at/pop.gmx.net@pop3.norton.antivirus X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:31:36 +0200 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org From: Christian Bartl Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] stable and unstable branches. In-Reply-To: <3D3DB74A.1000802@fastwebnet.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 3dd2944e-7fae-4b06-8232-8f528b474913 X-Archives-Hash: 41d586e9c18580e213c9cc9b92702f79 I don't think that it would be such a good idea. I can only speak for myself: As I love Gentoo, but don't have the time to test known unstable software I'm sure I would be the first user who never touches the unstable branch. I think Gentoo would get the same problems like GNU/Linux or Debian: Everyone waits for it getting officially stable and testing is has to be done by a few freaks. Whoever needs a stable Gentoo now only has to read the mailing-lists an knows about common problems. So you great developers: if you want to get you ports tested by many people don't tell the community (and me :-) that it isn't stable. best regards Christian At 22:06 23.07.2002 +0200, you wrote: >I think it should really be a very good idea to create two different >branches of the gentoo distribution. A stable and a unstalbe (or testing) >one. This becouse i usually find that some e-build simpy does not compile. >I know that it is a relly difficult task to get all the e-build working >right, but i also think that some people (like me) should prefer to work >with a little outdated packages that have been tested for some time, >instead of having to work with cutting edge packages that doesn't compile. >Don't get me wrong. I belive that gentoo is the best linux distro i have >ever seen, but this should really be an important way to go. >It also should be really easy to implement thanks to the possibility to >select different profiles. >So let me know what you think about this. >Thanks > >Stefano Peluchetti > >_______________________________________________ >gentoo-dev mailing list >gentoo-dev@gentoo.org >http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev >