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* Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: revisiting our stabilization policy
  @ 2014-01-16 22:49 99%         ` Tom Wijsman
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From: Tom Wijsman @ 2014-01-16 22:49 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: pinkbyte; +Cc: gentoo-dev

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On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:20:37 +0400
Sergey Popov <pinkbyte@gentoo.org> wrote:

> It can not go to no result, unless we have no breakages in stable,
> stable REMAINS stable. If it contains old, but working software - then
> it is stable.

An ebuild promoted to stable is because an arch team (or a privileged
maintainer to do it individually) has put a keyword in place. The
person that puts that keyword in place, defines that the ebuild is
stable at that specific point in time.

However; this does not imply that as the ebuild gets older, that this
doesn't come without problems; neither does it imply that the software
is totally working. Software is rarely completely without bugs.

> As i said earlier, problem begins when we NEED to stabilize something
> to prevent breakages and arch teams are slow.

Yes; there is a big correlation between breakages in old versions and
stabilization, in both ways.

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With kind regards,

Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
Gentoo Developer

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