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On 11/29/2010 05:19 PM, Duncan wrote: |
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> Alex Schuster posted on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:49:36 +0100 as excerpted: |
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>> KDE 4.5.4 is in the kde overlay for some days now. But I cannot emerge |
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>> it because all *-4.5.4.tar.bz2 distfiles are missing on the servers. |
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>> Any idea why this is? |
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> It hasn't actually been released upstream, yet. Normally, the kde team |
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> put a mask in the overlay before they add the new ebuilds in preparation, |
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> then simply unmask them on the day of release |
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That is actually not what happens most of the time. Usually the user |
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has to mask stuff. |
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In rare cases, the overlay masks the packages properly. About 20% of |
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time, I'd say. |