Re: [gentoo-releng] Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: 2004.0 Profile Deprecated

[John Davis <zhen@gentoo.org>]

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On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 11:10, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 14:58, William Hubbs wrote:
> > I don't see why we need the yearly refreshes either.
> > 
> > I like the suggestion of making the names more descriptive in stead of using numbers.
> > Fore example, default/linux/am64.
> > Then, you might have default/linux/am64/gcc34.
> > Suppose that you decide to make the default am64 profile use gcc 3.4.  All you have to do is merge the am64/gcc34 profile into the am64 profile.
> > You could do this type of merging with any revision you want to become part of the default profile, and otherwise not change the default profile at all.
> > 
> > What do you think?
> 
> So how does a user know the profile has changed?  What happens to users
> using the gcc34 profile?  What would this do to any of the proposed
> "stable" portage tree incarnations?
> 
> I'm all for a profile for each release which *never* changes.  Additions
> can be made as sub-profiles, but a profile never changes.  This way
> things act exactly the same every time.  Consistency is a REQUIREMENT
> for QA.
> 
> I think creating a profile for each release is very simple.  I've
> created one myself for 2004.2 and I can tell you that it sure was a hard
> 3 minutes of my life... *grin*
> 
> Having a stable profile is a definite requirement for any stable
> project.  Since we've been talking with the stable project guys, I think
> we definitely should not be discussing doing the exact opposite of what
> is needed to cooperate with them, especially on a separate list which
> they might not be subscribed to...

Chris -
I agree on all points. Does the stable team (are they a team) have a ML?

Cheers,
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John Davis
Gentoo Linux Developer
<http://dev.gentoo.org/~zhen>

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