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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] First (experimental) 17.1 profiles news item for review (v2)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 14:10:40
Message-Id: CAJ0EP40Ogm==A=3gDrhc7aToLk-6n-y5R3Z8+=un=A3vU1V1mg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] First (experimental) 17.1 profiles news item for review (v2) by Matthew Thode
1 On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 2:44 AM, Matthew Thode
2 <prometheanfire@g.o> wrote:
3 > On 17-12-21 08:34:31, Michał Górny wrote:
4 >> W dniu czw, 21.12.2017 o godzinie 05∶29 +0000, użytkownik Duncan
5 >> napisał:
6 >> > Michał Górny posted on Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:40:27 +0100 as excerpted:
7 >> >
8 >> > In all this I don't see an answer to one question:
9 >> >
10 >> > Will this eventually be the only supported choice, or is the
11 >> > compatibility-symlinked version going to be supported going forward too?
12 >> > If it's to be only-supported, what's the timeline?
13 >>
14 >> The former. We'll make a timeline when the profiles are tested
15 >> and stable.
16 >>
17 >
18 > What group are the ones making this decision?
19
20 The decision was effectively made by vapier in 2014 (see bug 506276);
21 mgorny is the one doing most of the work in 2017. There's also a group
22 of us who have been following the bug and experimenting with our own
23 systems since then.
24
25 If you disagree with this plan for some reason, please start a new thread.

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