Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2016-08-14

[Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@gentoo.org>]

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On 08/04/2016 06:24 PM, William Hubbs wrote:
> I feel that our stable tree is so far behind on all
> architectures that we are doing our stable users a disservice, so I
> would like to open up a discussion here, and maybe some policy changes
> at the next meeting.

Far behind isn't necessarily a problem as long as it doesn't have bugs,
in particular security related ones. Updating too often (without a good
reason) can also be annoying enough.

> 
> Ultimately, I think we need some form of automated stabilization, e.g.
> if a package version sits in ~ for 30 days and there are no blockers at
> that point, the new version should go automatically to stable on all
> architectures where there is a previous stable version.

I LOUDLY disagree. The stable tree should not be compromised by such
automation, it is already bad enough without proper use-testing in some
cases. Stable isn't only about building properly.

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