From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D8DF139694 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2017 21:46:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B3F50E0D05; Sun, 9 Apr 2017 21:46:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (dev.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66E99E0CB0 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2017 21:46:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.100.0.22] (host-37-191-236-118.lynet.no [37.191.236.118]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: k_f) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BA45E340A23 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2017 21:46:33 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Reverse use of Python/Ruby versions References: To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Kristian Fiskerstrand Message-ID: Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 23:44:50 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="c1M0HWNLhXVfA6ahFkNkth2AO0Q4BNDS4" X-Archives-Salt: ec746b38-fbd0-441c-aa08-979e08aea883 X-Archives-Hash: 0388eba771cbc104b007821d4362864a This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --c1M0HWNLhXVfA6ahFkNkth2AO0Q4BNDS4 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="lwe1SdrF2JjWQ5fa9bOMlgAfD0NIemtUl"; protected-headers="v1" From: Kristian Fiskerstrand Reply-To: k_f@gentoo.org To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Reverse use of Python/Ruby versions References: In-Reply-To: --lwe1SdrF2JjWQ5fa9bOMlgAfD0NIemtUl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 04/09/2017 06:15 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: > Not sure if this is practical, it may be less work if the use of > Python and Ruby versions ( maybe others ) is reversed. Rather than > adding all the versions that the ebuild supports. What if it only > included versions it did not support? It would only work if upstream provide a strong assurance for forward compatibility. Explicit testing and marking working seems the only practical way to ensure stability. --=20 Kristian Fiskerstrand OpenPGP keyblock reachable at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3 --lwe1SdrF2JjWQ5fa9bOMlgAfD0NIemtUl-- --c1M0HWNLhXVfA6ahFkNkth2AO0Q4BNDS4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEEtOrRIMf4mkrqRycHJQt6/tY3nYUFAljqq1MACgkQJQt6/tY3 nYV8mwgAmOIREXLtJJLPScJy/rLi1yfFMIq2UAx7qOuBPW+UbGKK3oMsj1C9kwsg 1p8ynMvmcFiHfwsAo6qhaZZ28hGNYQOd2rDdnyvxS40041hnsdV4u9pZq8cjlPtM muv5O3DVy7X5vkI+zByF6wX+kR4T9jl6ikSVC2YJ4X6gb2TwyHKQaByYPEboe1j5 DCHCMBW3jpkfnhd5xkpnGWjUOWDtYhO5Lc+/S3gkbb546pMifiIk8iycQb0EX6Ec EUoX3CcYPD+QwF+3CsW4uFrTAOw1R5UjGtmFbcWwyVqtKGKXSj6hEJkqruUNXOnB nIR9NLjnZn2RfVeM3UnoXMlGTKajZw== =Q+m2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --c1M0HWNLhXVfA6ahFkNkth2AO0Q4BNDS4--