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From: "Tomáš Chvátal" <scarabeus@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] QA: package.mask policies
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:20:20
Message-Id: 200911081820.04313.scarabeus@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] QA: package.mask policies by Jeroen Roovers
1 Dne neděle 08 Listopad 2009 17:57:10 Jeroen Roovers napsal(a):
2 > On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:24:10 +0100
3 >
4 > Tomáš Chvátal <scarabeus@g.o> wrote:
5 > > * Masking beta...
6 > > This masks are good if the software release is KNOWN to break
7 > > previous behaviour or degrade user experience. Otherwise the software
8 > > should not be masked (its TESTING for purpose, not stable).
9 > > Also the maintainer should watch if the testing branch is still
10 > > relevant (why on earth we have masked 4.0.3_p20070403 version of
11 > > screen when newer 4.3 is stable ;]) and remove the branch+mask when
12 > > needed.
13 >
14 > I agree with your criticism (i.e. that the mask should not be there,
15 > especially not for "testing" as what the mask does is *prevent* testing
16 > instead of enabling it), but must note that your version sorting
17 > algorithm appears to be flawed: pkg-vX_pY (for patch level) is always
18 > greater than pkg-vX.
19 >
20 >
21 > Regards,
22 > jer
23 >
24 I agree that _p is newer than that.
25 But if we look on tag of screen-4.0.3 or its release:
26 screen-4.0.2.tar.gz 27-Jan-2004 05:46 821K
27 screen-4.0.2.tar.gz.sig 27-Jan-2004 05:47 65
28 screen-4.0.3.tar.gz 07-Aug-2008 06:30 821K
29 screen-4.0.3.tar.gz.sig 07-Aug-2008 06:30 65
30 You see the pattern? It is 1 year newer than it.
31
32 Tomas

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Re: [gentoo-dev] QA: package.mask policies Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o>