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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Google Talk and 9999 versions
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:13:41 +0000
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On Tuesday 29 Nov 2011 14:26:17 Dale wrote:
> Michael Mol wrote:
> > on my partial ~amd64 system, I have googletalk-plugin installed, and
> > it serves me well. On my new box (also partial ~amd64, but far more in
> > the stable realm than unstable realm), I tried to emerge
> > googletalk-plugin, and it's masked. It's also a '9999' version
> > package. I vaguely recall that '9999' packages are special somehow.
> > How is that?
>=20
> I think those are called the live builds. Basically, they are not
> tested much and are really close to falling off the bleeding edge. I
> rarely mess with those. There is a google-talkplugin-2.5.6.0 that is
> not live but keyworded. If it was me, I would at least try that version
> first. It is likely tested a bit more, not going to change so often and
> be stable as it gets in the unstable branch of the tree. If that fails,
> go back to the older version. If neither works, then I would try to
> 9999 build. I'd also cross my fingers for good measure.
9999 builds is the latest potentially unstable and incomplete code that the=
=20
devs just churned out and uploaded to cvs. 10 minutes later may be another=
=20
revision and so on. Every time you rebuild you'll be downloading the late=
st=20
attempt of their coding.
What is annoying is that you had it working just right and suddenly all the=
=20
9999 builds have come off the boil and break in a bad way. This can be=20
particularly burdensome or even debilitating for a prolonged period, like I=
=20
experienced with some wireless drivers in the past.
Of course, not all 9999 packages are that 'unstable'. I've been running e1=
7=20
for some time now and only every once in a while I happen to come across a =
bug=20
or build problem. Even so, I tend not to update 9999 packages often, once =
I=20
get a well behaving revision.
YMMV
=2D-=20
Regards,
Mick
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