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Hi, |
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"Robert R. Russell" <nahoy_kbiki@××××××××.com>: |
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> 1) How long do you recommend using a package before filing a |
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> stabilization request? |
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Usually 30 days in ~arch and no bugs open. Though this can differ, |
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for example for "big" software as Gnome, KDE or Mozilla products. |
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> 2) Should I file stabilization requests on software that works |
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> mostly as in everything that I use it for normally but I can force it |
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> to fail if I feed it some really strange input or contrive a specific |
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> set of options that will cause invalid or incorrect output. |
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Try to sort it out with upstream (original package author). Depends |
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on the problem, if an older stable version shows the same behavior it |
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should be no show-stopper. |
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V-Li |
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Christian Faulhammer, Gentoo Lisp project |
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<URL:http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/>, #gentoo-lisp on FreeNode |
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<URL:http://www.faulhammer.org/> |
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