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On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 12:06, Jeff Smelser wrote: |
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> Its becoming increasingly common place these days for program to sit in ~x86 |
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> for a long time. I am curious why this is? Kde 3.2.3 is still in testing. |
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> Whats taking so long? June 24 is a long time to test a production ready |
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> application, as kde feels it is. |
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We do not rely on the upstream author's indications on whether a package |
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is stable in our tree or not. There are many reasons for this, |
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including the fact that we allow for easily changing of CFLAGS and other |
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compilation options that can affect an installation. |
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If you find something to be quite stable, then let us know. |
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> There are other packages I have found I am having to force upgrading myself on |
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> these days just to get. mysql is still on 4.018, they are on 20 now. |
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Is it 100% necessary to stay on the latest package? Was there a |
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security vulnerability fixed by the new version? If not, upgrading |
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simply because there is a newer version isn't always our top priority. |
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Often times, we are simply too busy to write a new ebuild, test the new |
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ebuild, and commit it for every version. In many cases we are |
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understaffed, even with our enormous developer base. |
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> Whats going on over there? |
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You have to remember that many of us are volunteers and are unable to |
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spend a large amount of time on Gentoo. We have jobs, families, and |
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other commitments than Gentoo. |
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With Gentoo, it really does hold true that if you want something done, |
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you should do it yourself. Create ebuilds. Post them to |
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bugs.gentoo.org. If you think a package has been in testing too long, |
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report not only on your failures, but also on your successes. Many |
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times packages will be delayed simply because there hasn't been enough |
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testing done, or the package simply gets forgotten about for a while. |
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We are a community-based distribution. For things to get done quickly, |
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we *require* the help of the community. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering QA Manager/Games Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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Is your power animal a penguin? |
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