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Hi, |
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Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>: |
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> On 02/02/2011 10:30 AM, Kacper Kowalik wrote: |
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> > W dniu 02.02.2011 08:59, Nikos Chantziaras pisze: |
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> >> It seems that KDE 4.6 is still hard-masked for x86 and amd64 |
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> >> because it's waiting for ppc and ppc64 keywords. I believe it |
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> >> would be beneficial for people if they wouldn't have to wait for |
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> >> arches that don't affect them at all. |
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> >> [...] |
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> > |
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> > I don't know what gave you the idea that ppc* has anything to do |
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> > with masking/unmasking of KDE-4.6. Just 2 facts: |
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> > 1) you can unmask anything by using /etc/portage/package.unmask, |
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> > therefore nothing can ever hold *you* back |
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> This is about all users in general. Not just me :-) If putting |
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> stuff in /etc/portage/package.unmask should be considered the |
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> recommended solution for this, then we wouldn't need a masking system |
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> in the first place. When something is hard-masked, it tells the user |
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> "we're not considering it safe or working yet." |
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> > 2) arches already have independent package.mask files, see |
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> > ${PORTDIR}/profiles/arch/powerpc/package.mask for an example. |
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> It seems they aren't used though. I mainly posted this because of |
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> the discussion on this page: |
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> http://blog.tampakrap.gr/kde-sc-4-6-0-in-gentoo |
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> It seems devs have can't modify arch/powerpc/package.mask on their |
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> own? If not, this looks like a problem, delaying packages for all |
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> arches. |
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Don't be so impatient...Debian users wait two years for a new major |
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version of KDE. This is also a general hard mask for wider testing, it |
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usually gets moved further down the line to individual profiles. |
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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://gentoo.faulhammer.org/> |