From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QgJ7B-0001uO-6a for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:13:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B79A021C306 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:13:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qw0-f53.google.com (mail-qw0-f53.google.com [209.85.216.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCEDE21C12B for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:12:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwb7 with SMTP id 7so2592556qwb.40 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:12:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GL2Z2AxdJoh8RKyedEnVtMiMURg/XUbCUPtPKlopKXk=; b=rfnyVHIwoWZY2tE2iXAOeltZWyNI31ACXyYZG/OQLuLx2n8tofOzPe3LMtYjpImGT0 lI/5qISeadhHyJ7+W3oq3iiGhC4u111A+h3TTPRqQW/v2CuRTfSaigrvCP+Tzf8ypsNU u59vdr0fZ31Gw0tIB1psJmWHBd8tkK4ZkppWc= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.204.194 with SMTP id fn2mr3260959qab.121.1310397132365; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:12:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.2.77 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:12:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E1B05F8.7020401@orlitzky.com> References: <4E11EEF3.70804@gmail.com> <4E168B0E.2070100@gmail.com> <201107080702.58452.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4E16B251.6080204@gmail.com> <4E16B548.5050105@gmail.com> <4E17B3C3.4010009@gmail.com> <4E187F60.9080400@gmail.com> <4E18ABC3.1090909@orlitzky.com> <4E18C082.4070209@gmail.com> <4E18C977.9070001@orlitzky.com> <4E18D5A7.8040309@gmail.com> <4E1971AA.20209@coolmail.se> <4E1A00BA.5090306@gmail.com> <20110710230550.3e7c9060@digimed.co.uk> <4E1A4374.2090707@gmail.com> <4E1A8420.1050908@gmail.com> <20110711144538.24aceaab@digimed.co.uk> <4E1B05F8.7020401@orlitzky.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:12:12 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics. From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: b0abfc5a3ab03a923c7534ebbe962167 On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Michael Orlitzky wr= ote: > On 07/11/11 09:45, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >> Gentoo devs don't mark software as stable, they mark ebuilds as stable. >> This has no direct link to the usability of the software itself. >> >> > > Nuh uh. From http://devmanual.gentoo.org/keywording/index.html, > > arch (x86, ppc-macos) > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Both the package version and the ebuild are widely tested, k= nown to > =C2=A0 =C2=A0work and not have any serious issues on the indicated platfo= rm. > > ... > > Moving from ~arch to arch > > Moving a package from ~arch to arch is done only by the relevant arch > teams. If you have access to non-x86 hardware but are not on the arch > teams, you may wish to make individual arrangements =E2=80=94 the arch te= ams are > happy for help, so long as they know what is going on. Please note that > x86 is now no longer an exception and stabilisation must be done through > the x86 arch team unless you have individual arrangements =E2=80=94 see G= LEP 40 > for further details. > > For a package to move to stable, the following guidelines must be met: > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0* The package has spent a reasonable amount of time in ~arch= first. > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Thirty days is the usual figure, although this is cle= arly only a > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0guideline. For critical packages, a much longer durat= ion is > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0expected. For small packages which have only minor ch= anges > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0between versions, a shorter period is sometimes appro= priate. > =C2=A0 =C2=A0* The package must not have any non-arch dependencies. > =C2=A0 =C2=A0* The package must not have any severe outstanding bugs or i= ssues. > =C2=A0 =C2=A0* The package must be widely tested. > =C2=A0 =C2=A0* If the package is a library, it should be known not to bre= ak any > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0package which depends upon it. > > For security fixes, the "reasonable amount of time" guideline may be > relaxed. See the Vulnerability Treatment Policy > > Thanks for posting this. - Mark