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Samuli Suominen schrieb: |
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>> Please point to existing authoritative documentation which says that |
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>> downgrades are unacceptable. |
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>>> It is NOT gentoo-x86 compatible package in it's current form. |
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>> It sets correct dependency on an existing ebuild in tree. The dependency |
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>> is only build time, users can upgrade linux-headers again afterwards. |
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>> The application itself is v4l2 compatible. |
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> common sense... |
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> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311241#c2 |
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> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311241#c5 |
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linux-headers is not a library, it is strictly a build time dependency |
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for all packages which I am aware of. |
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> linux-headers -> glibc. no package should force downgrade on |
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> linux-headers, risking glibc building against older version than |
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> KEYWORDS visibility would allow. |
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No idea where the risk in that is documented. If there is a danger in |
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building new glibc against old linux-headers, it would surely deserve a |
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notice somewhere? |
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>> What I am a bit unhappy about is that the package was masked and removed |
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>> while I was away. Even bypassing the usual 30 days and no last rite |
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>> announcement was sent to -dev. |
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> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_5e6d8403c90549d8caf4f27f0d14f01f.xml |
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Ok sorry, I missed that mail for some reason. But 30 days were still |
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bypassed. |
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> The time ran out with opening of http://bugs.gentoo.org/384733 for |
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> linux-headers reverse deps to be tracked stable. |
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> I've removed qutecom for you again. |
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Please put it back in tree. You have my consent to remove it on 13 |
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October (when the 30 days are over) and I have not fixed it yet. |
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Best regards, |
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Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |
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