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From: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: revisiting our stabilization policy
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:58:02 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEdQ38HhuyWQ=HTG_H5rtuf7JSiJ-hZkb1r1wkb-o=S8Z4_N-A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.03.1401171358360.3646@star.inp.nsk.su>

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:02 PM,  <grozin@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Sorry for following up myself,
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014, grozin@gentoo.org wrote:
>>
>> OK, let's be conservative. Python and Perl scripts may break on some
>> arches (I'd say it's a rare exception, perhaps 1%, but still). But what
>> about
>>
>> dev-java/java-sdk-docs
>> dev-db/postgresql-docs
>> sys-kernel/linux-docs
>> dev-dotnet/gtk-sharp-docs
>> app-xemacs/general-docs
>> dev-util/kdevelop-php-docs
>> dev-util/gnome-devel-docs
>> app-vim/phpdocs
>> gnome-extra/gnome-user-docs
>> gnome-extra/gnome-getting-started-docs
>> dev-php/smarty-docs
>> dev-python/python-docs
>> dev-python/cheetah-docs
>> app-doc/php-docs
>> app-doc/root-docs
>> app-doc/geant-docs
>> app-doc/blas-docs
>> app-doc/lapack-docs
>> app-doc/gnucash-docs
>> app-office/abiword-docs
>> dev-lisp/hyperspec
>> sys-apps/man-pages[-*]
>>
>> and maybe others? They contain no scripts which can possibly break. I'd
>> say they should be keyworded on all arches as soon as they are keyworded on
>> the first arch; the same goes for stabilization. I'd include also packages
>> containing only TeX/LaTeX code - TeX behaves identically on all arches, this
>> was and is its main strength. Also, probably, python/perl/ruby interpreted
>> scripts *which don't load extra libraries* work identically on all arches
>> not in 99% of cases but in 99.99% (0.01% is for cases when the interpreter
>> is broken on a given arch).
>
> Maybe, a good solution is to introduce a special arch, "noarch", for such
> packages (similar to what's done in the rpm world). Then, if a package is
> ~noarch, it is automatically considered ~arch for all arches. Similar for
> stable. The maintainer should be able to keyword ~noarch and to stabilize
> noarch. Comments?
>
> Andrey

There's been opposition to this in the past, but I'm in favor of
giving this a shot.


  reply	other threads:[~2014-01-17  7:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 135+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-14 21:37 [gentoo-dev] rfc: revisiting our stabilization policy William Hubbs
2014-01-14 21:57 ` Michael Orlitzky
2014-01-14 22:33   ` William Hubbs
2014-01-14 22:43     ` Michael Orlitzky
2014-01-14 23:11       ` William Hubbs
2014-01-14 23:22         ` Jeff Horelick
2014-01-15  0:28           ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15 23:59             ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2014-01-16  0:23               ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15  0:47         ` [gentoo-dev] " Michael Orlitzky
2014-01-15  1:08           ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15  1:11             ` Michael Orlitzky
2014-01-15  1:23               ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15  1:36                 ` Michael Orlitzky
2014-01-15  2:09                   ` William Hubbs
2014-01-15  2:21                     ` Michael Orlitzky
2014-01-15  2:34                       ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15  2:40                         ` Michael Orlitzky
2014-01-15  3:26                           ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15  2:46                       ` William Hubbs
2014-01-16  7:28                         ` Christopher Head
2014-01-16 22:44                           ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-19 22:31                             ` Christopher Head
2014-01-20  0:47                               ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-23 18:12                                 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steven J. Long
2014-01-23 19:13                                   ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-23 20:55                                     ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-01-23 22:38                                       ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-23 22:42                                         ` Peter Stuge
2014-01-23 23:50                                           ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-24  0:04                                             ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-01-24  3:04                                               ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-24  3:52                                                 ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-01-24 17:26                                                   ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-24 18:10                                                     ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-01-24 19:29                                                       ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-24 20:29                                                         ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-01-24 21:55                                                           ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-24 10:46                                     ` Steven J. Long
2014-01-24 18:26                                       ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-25  4:02                                         ` Duncan
2014-01-26  0:50                                           ` Peter Stuge
2014-01-26  0:59                                           ` Rich Freeman
2014-01-26  4:53                                             ` Peter Stuge
2014-01-26 11:41                                               ` Rich Freeman
2014-01-26 18:56                                                 ` Peter Stuge
2014-01-26 21:35                                                   ` Rich Freeman
2014-01-27  7:41                                                     ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-01-27 14:52                                                       ` Rich Freeman
2014-01-28  2:45                                                         ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-01-26 22:56                                             ` Duncan
2014-01-26 23:40                                               ` Duncan
2014-01-28 12:37                                         ` Steven J. Long
2014-01-28 12:52                                           ` Alan McKinnon
2014-01-28 13:18                                             ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-28 13:11                                           ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-29  3:15                                             ` Duncan
2014-01-29  6:34                                               ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-01-15  2:42                     ` [gentoo-dev] " Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15 11:33                       ` Sergey Popov
2014-01-15 16:57                         ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15 17:20                           ` Matthew Thode
2014-01-15  2:26                   ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15 11:28         ` Sergey Popov
2014-01-15  0:13       ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15  0:50         ` Michael Orlitzky
2014-01-15  1:13           ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15 23:13           ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2014-01-15  0:04   ` [gentoo-dev] " Tom Wijsman
2014-01-14 23:49 ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15  0:06   ` Andreas K. Huettel
2014-01-15  0:17     ` Anthony G. Basile
2014-01-15  0:43       ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15  0:38     ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15  0:46       ` William Hubbs
2014-01-15  1:26         ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15 11:40   ` Sergey Popov
2014-01-15 17:04     ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-16  6:20       ` Sergey Popov
2014-01-16 15:54         ` Peter Stuge
2014-01-16 17:56           ` Rich Freeman
2014-01-16 18:04             ` Alan McKinnon
2014-01-16 18:26               ` Peter Stuge
2014-01-16 20:18                 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-01-16 20:40                   ` Peter Stuge
2014-01-16 18:11             ` Peter Stuge
2014-01-16 18:42               ` Rich Freeman
2014-01-16 19:29                 ` William Hubbs
2014-01-16 19:59                 ` Peter Stuge
2014-01-16 22:49         ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-15  3:48 ` grozin
2014-01-15  4:49   ` William Hubbs
2014-01-15  5:07     ` Robin H. Johnson
2014-01-15  8:03     ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2014-01-15  8:18     ` Hans de Graaff
2014-01-15 16:11     ` [gentoo-dev] " Michael Palimaka
2014-01-15  9:54 ` [gentoo-dev] " Michał Górny
2014-01-15 12:51   ` Rich Freeman
2014-01-15 21:41     ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2014-01-15 11:24 ` [gentoo-dev] " Sergey Popov
2014-01-15 11:30 ` Sergey Popov
2014-01-15 15:30   ` William Hubbs
2014-01-16  6:17     ` Sergey Popov
2014-01-17  6:06       ` grozin
2014-01-17  7:02         ` grozin
2014-01-17  7:58           ` Matt Turner [this message]
2014-01-17 15:02             ` Rich Freeman
2014-01-17 15:02           ` Michał Górny
2014-01-18  1:35             ` William Hubbs
2014-01-17 15:31           ` Ulrich Mueller
2014-01-17 16:47             ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-17 17:08               ` grozin
2014-01-18  0:34                 ` Manuel Rüger
2014-01-17 18:28               ` Ciaran McCreesh
2014-01-17 23:56                 ` Tom Wijsman
2014-01-18 12:59                   ` [gentoo-dev] arch="any" (Re: rfc: revisiting our stabilization policy) Steven J. Long
2014-01-17 17:07             ` noarch packages, was Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: revisiting our stabilization policy grozin
2014-01-19  8:36           ` Mike Frysinger
2014-01-19  9:28             ` Add a KEYWORD representing any arch (was: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: revisiting our stabilization policy) Pacho Ramos
2014-01-19  9:46               ` [gentoo-dev] Re: Add a KEYWORD representing any arch Ulrich Mueller
2014-01-19 10:15                 ` Pacho Ramos
2014-01-20 19:25                 ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-01-22 15:46                 ` Jeroen Roovers
2014-01-19  9:48               ` Add a KEYWORD representing any arch (was: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: revisiting our stabilization policy) Mike Frysinger
2014-01-17 21:04         ` [gentoo-dev] rfc: revisiting our stabilization policy Maciej Mrozowski
2014-01-15 18:33 ` Thomas Sachau
2014-01-15 19:07   ` William Hubbs
2014-01-16  0:58     ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-01-16  2:32       ` Robin H. Johnson
2014-01-16  5:47         ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-01-19 11:06     ` Thomas Sachau
2014-01-16  6:27   ` Sergey Popov
2014-01-16  7:15     ` [gentoo-dev] " Michael Palimaka
2014-01-15 19:13 ` [gentoo-dev] " Ruud Koolen
2014-01-15 21:54   ` [gentoo-dev] " Martin Vaeth

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