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 AB4BC13832E for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2016 14:36:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C3C95E0B10; Fri, 5 Aug 2016 14:36:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qt0-f193.google.com (mail-qt0-f193.google.com [209.85.216.193]) (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 374F2E0B07 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2016 14:36:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qt0-f193.google.com with SMTP id u25so14752490qtb.3 for ; Fri, 05 Aug 2016 07:36:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to; bh=pz5q5hlXFhw8Yi4csXcRb9setRJ/FxaFfv6VRsK/D18=; b=xfK43QBOGRfo9fM3FqMHiQSUIPFJy6URf7bsN0+SlwUslJ7TvbAU7/H35Oo3WtEWP4 jKb4uR40cLC3/+EHSr166NMJ4d0VAOBhkURR0yvYGhlddMDvIIGawUKZ49cp/p80Yww5 Gz4lqJRypynqjpAo+hn87IJxSv2vf/BaxCwjVyh4bbXM5UCtxgQ2jUr34wPueSdpAUpC BzVoyitJGuMGm9QCVQpcEaSXHz7PZymVsf+n7U3rtZpekOUFO5EQ7xDX4MFTzu8+CtPg PO8K00s6iN8uDJg+9zH9Sv7ZKFDLjlzqthNq3Cj7SjAD0j0Huh9tflSUrOM0DUecyqbe 7Dcg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to; bh=pz5q5hlXFhw8Yi4csXcRb9setRJ/FxaFfv6VRsK/D18=; b=e/Tgp7jklfX6NIJST9xEuGl0LXaulF7RGvShskpix8BU7A/CgYvO2GNCJos4qFv4yI J+2eoQ5zQm0urE5eA6IqlOt1IqZfz3EgQ2T0erXYPG3BmALqnAojMzzVcQI5ZUwGADsf hz0DRTVpkJbPhHtBaF02ICYrMPOaRD0hgTzGHGt4Zz3HGXE+XFCwylJCM5s+LEXmqe0D o2jNH6FTFe5hV9OClufpNoKf1U9s0h4eanpVEL7NkmthLbAV9FWY0ZsQ/RBrcPgwkTMu pYEFvybF8gy+2SQoTuHsndWFEQq7qzDNN+btvEso8bouoqBZIBFYeLlnl2h4WtKKsHLc cNiA== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoouuc8BDjoISwkKDie5I5GgYbABz161jdfcYxKj8bAaCUza4DBjJTytAknt7kBSbQh7522y3ddAK8+cP/hQ== X-Received: by 10.200.55.215 with SMTP id e23mr13387845qtc.20.1470407802022; Fri, 05 Aug 2016 07:36:42 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.140.40.36 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Aug 2016 07:36:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160805142859.GA19008@linux1> References: <2e11e445-c25b-b7f2-def1-99aed92308b6@gentoo.org> <20160804162443.GA7048@whubbs1.gaikai.biz> <20160804231224.7b7462168f1d23e88fe4135c@gentoo.org> <20160804222234.GA8357@whubbs1.gaikai.biz> <20160805022658.GA15727@linux1> <20160805142859.GA19008@linux1> From: Rich Freeman Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 10:36:41 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: rf9D8V6piGzDlxMo8HCyXIxdmdk Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2016-08-14 To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: dcd5121e-1703-4493-ad77-6b5d69d6d351 X-Archives-Hash: ae19fd3267cbdcb7024efab518713ce5 On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 10:28 AM, William Hubbs wrote: > > Besides our maintainers keeping old packages around, we are doing a > disservice to our stable users by offering them old software instead of > keeping them as current as possible. > No argument, but if you actually asked stable users I'm not convinced that they'd prefer less-tested recent packages over well-tested older ones. Anything to get things fresher is good, but there probably needs to be some kind of sanity check. -- Rich