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From: James Broadhead <jamesbroadhead@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] making the stable tree more up-to-date
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:14:29
Message-Id: CA+hid6GCd=2stFMaHXd=QGeXNSVB4pyObhj_NoPnf+5Bw5u6Rw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] making the stable tree more up-to-date by "Paweł Hajdan
1 On 21 November 2011 08:41, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." <phajdan.jr@g.o>wrote:
2 >
3 >
4 > I wrote a script,
5 > <
6 > http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/arch-tools.git;a=blob;f=stabilization-candidates.py;hb=HEAD
7 > >,
8 > that scans the tree for packages that could be easily stabilized (all
9 > deps stable, no bugs).
10 >
11 > I'm attaching a list of packages that are sitting in the tree for at
12 > least 6 months (180 days, way more than 30 days required for
13 > stabilization) and should be ready for stabilization.
14 >
15 > Please review the list, it's 800+ packages so I thought about asking for
16 > feedback before filing stabilization bugs (I plan to do that in stages
17 > of course).
18
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20 This is an excellent idea, and is exactly the kind of thing that we* need
21 to be doing to start keeping up with faster release cycles, and managing to
22 stay on top of all of the packages that are in the tree without huge
23 amounts of developer interaction.
24
25 Well done.
26
27 J
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29 *IAmNotADev