Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable

[Steve Dibb <beandog@gentoo.org>]

Steve Dibb wrote:
> 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.
>
Oh, and I forgot .... all the dependencies should be marked stable as well.

I would actually encourage users to find and file stable request ebuild 
bugs.  Just make sure you post emerge --info along there in the bug.

Steve
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