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"Caleb Tennis" <caleb@g.o> posted |
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38928.192.168.2.155.1179228617.squirrel@××××××××××××.com, excerpted below, |
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on Tue, 15 May 2007 07:30:17 -0400: |
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> I'd like to open a bug soon requesting the stabiliztion of |
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> dev-libs/expat-2.0.0*. It's currently assigned to tcltk, but the bug |
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> traffic seems to indicate they don't know why they have it. If nobody |
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> steps up, objects, and is willing to take over maintenance I will do so. |
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> * - This version has a new soname, so it will require a revdep-rebuild, |
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> which is probably why it hasn't been stabilized as of now. |
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I don't see it mentioned in the bug (128069 anyway) or in the discussion |
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so far, and while it might be considered obvious, just in case... |
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Wasn't the ~ intro of this what precipitated the whole GLEP 42 (news) |
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thing? I know news came up again recently and due to the lack of a news |
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reading client for portage, further use was put on hold. Has that been |
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resolved? Because if there's a place where a preemptive news function is |
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needed, this is it! Thus, if at all possible, having news working and |
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using it for this should be SERIOUSLY considered. |
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Regardless of whether news is ready or not, however, please make sure |
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it's covered in GWN at LEAST the week prior, and preferably for a couple |
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weeks in a row. (Yes, an upgrade /can/ be that bad.) Also, please make |
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sure it's announced on the forums and on the user list. For those that |
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don't see it after that, well... at least there'll be plenty of places to |
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refer the bug filers to. |
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Alternatively, this is the /one/ case I've come across where I might |
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actually be in favor of putting an IM_SURE_IM_READY_TO_UPGRADE_EXPAT=1 |
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test in the ebuild, dying if not. (No, I didn't /think/ that'd go |
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anywhere, but seriously, if there's a case where it might be warranted, |
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this is it. Not saying that it is.) |
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It's probably a bit late now (unless we want to wait yet another few |
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months), but tying this to a profile upgrade might have been a more |
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practical solution. 2007.0, or now 2007.1. Old profiles would stick |
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with the old expat, and new ones would get the new one. People are |
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generally prepared for at least a /bit/ of extra upheaval when they do |
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profile upgrades, and that would have made the PR a bit easier as well, |
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since that's a natural time for it. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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