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From: Steve Dibb <beandog@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:49:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <459D686C.7050304@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.tlnb4jwbv2ynd8@gaktux.gakdomain>

Andrey Gerasimenko wrote:
> Looking at the Portage tree, I see that some packages are kept ~x86 
> for long time without any bugs referenced in the changelog or 
> Bugzilla. How are they being made stable (or where in the docs is the 
> process described)? 
They need to be in the tree for at least 30 days, no bugs, and if 
someone files a stable request ebuild, then an arch tester will test it, 
and then a dev will keyword it stable.

Most stuff doesnt get marked stable mostly because there aren't any 
stable requests.

Steve
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-04 20:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-04 20:20 [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable Andrey Gerasimenko
2007-01-04 20:49 ` Steve Dibb [this message]
2007-01-04 21:34   ` Steve Dibb
2007-01-05  8:49   ` Robert Cernansky
2007-01-05 14:04     ` Andrey Gerasimenko
2007-01-05 14:24       ` Robert Cernansky
2007-01-05 14:33       ` Steve Dibb
2007-01-05 16:02         ` Robert Cernansky
2007-01-05 16:24           ` Steve Dibb
2007-01-05 16:28           ` Kevin O'Gorman
2007-01-05 16:58             ` Steve Dibb
2007-01-06  0:06               ` [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable - suggestion for improvement Daevid Vincent
2007-01-06  0:23                 ` Steve Dibb
2007-01-06  1:24                   ` David Relson
2007-01-06 10:49                     ` Andrey Gerasimenko
2007-01-05 14:30     ` [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable Steve Dibb

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