From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-86749-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1L4Wbn-0005bN-Oa for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:15:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9E998E01E4; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:15:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mta-2.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de (mta-2.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.7.73]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 695A8E01E4 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:15:50 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: INLINE Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Received: from ironport-out-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.5.40]) by mta-2.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.de (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008)) with ESMTP id <0KAT008CLWABEV50@mta-2.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.de> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:15:47 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,658,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="91381530" Received: from relay-2.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de (HELO relay.rwth-aachen.de) ([134.130.7.75]) by ironport-in-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de with ESMTP; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:15:48 +0100 Received: from numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de (numa-i.igpm.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.161.252]) by relay.rwth-aachen.de (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/1) with ESMTP id mAO8FlNb020552 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:15:47 +0100 (CET) Received: by numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de (Postfix, from userid 230) id 7D6961068A5; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:15:46 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:15:46 +0100 (CET) From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> Subject: [gentoo-user] Masking for Educational Purposes only ? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <tkrat.defb7a5de1f3ac10@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> X-Archives-Salt: 94ac71e7-9a75-4f93-91b2-5d83bc7f3476 X-Archives-Hash: 96dfa587006ba758c25c0596aef5bc01 Hi, portage-2.2.. has been masked. /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask tells me why "In order to ensure that portage-2.1.6 gets sufficient testing, portage-2.2 will be masked in package.mask until portage-2.1.6 has been marked stable." I feel like someone will try to educate me. Yes, I can and will unmask it again, but why am I forced to? I'd prefer if package.mask is used for buggy or dangerous packages only. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany