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Hello. |
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:30:25 -0400 |
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Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 08:17 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote: |
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> > On 21 July 2006 04:26, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: |
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> > > Duncan wrote: |
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> > > > I don't see it as... annoying; I see it as... challenging! =8^) |
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> > > > Seriously, computing is my hobby, and as such, it needs to remain a bit |
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> > > > challenging from time to time, or it would cease to be of interest. |
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> > > Just out of curiosity, are there three "versions" -- stable, testing and |
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> > > unstable -- or just two -- stable and unstable? |
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> > Three. |
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> Umm... what's the other KEYWORDS set, then? |
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> I know of 3 actual sets, but they're different than you think. |
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> arch - stable |
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> ~arch - package is stable, but the ebuilds needs testing |
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> -arch - package is known not to work on this architecture |
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I think Duncan asked how many package "versions" are there, has given examples the debian way and according to that Ed answered "Three.". |
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arch - stable |
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~arch - testing |
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M+ - unstable |
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But who knows.. |
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> Beyond that, there is package.mask, which is supposed to be used for any |
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> packages that have had only limited testing, shown poor stability, or |
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> have unresolved security problems. |
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> -- |
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> Chris Gianelloni |
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> Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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> x86 Architecture Team |
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> Games - Developer |
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> Gentoo Linux |
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