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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:06:52 +0200
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] portage 2.2 in ~amd64
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On 28/08/2013 13:04, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2013-08-27 5:27 PM, gottlieb@nyu.edu <gottlieb@nyu.edu> wrote:
>> I was away for two weeks.  I just resynced and see that 2.2.1 is now in
>> testing (and my current version 2.1.13.1 is not in the tree).
>>
>> Am I correct in believing that when I upgrade to 2.2.1, all the commands
>> from 2.1.x.y will continue to work?  I know that several readers have
>> used 2.2 for years with success.
> 
> So... is 2.2 *ever* going to go stable???
> 


100+ alpha/beta releases
200+ rc releases

what do you think?



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Alan McKinnon
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