* [gentoo-dev] Stability and package mask
@ 2003-03-09 18:27 99% Jim Nutt
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From: Jim Nutt @ 2003-03-09 18:27 UTC (permalink / raw
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I noted in another message that the developers are looking for a way to
get rid of package.mask in the 2.1 version of portage. I have an idea
that might accomplish that, while still allowing the flexibility that
Gentoo is prized for.
Essentially, it would involve assigning each ebuild a numeric stability
value. 10 would be the most stable, say equivalent to Debian stable, 5
would be the equivalent of Debian testing and 0 (or lower) would be
like Debian unstable. Each user would have a stability threshold set in
their make.conf, packages with a lower stability number than the
threshold would not be installed. This would allow each user to set
their own comfort level.
Every ebuild would start out at at 0 (really bleeding edge stuff
might be negative!). Each week (or some other period of time) the
ebuild is released without a bug reported, it's stability rating is
increased by one point, until it reaches 10. If a bug is filed against a
package, it remains at the same stability level until all the bugs filed
against it are closed or it is manually bumped.
Does this make sense to anyone else?
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