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2011/11/11 Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>: |
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>> Like it is not enough there is version bump every few days... |
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>> Just alter only live ebuild and branch of it with each release and do |
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>> not alter the releases unless really critical bug is there. People are |
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>> patient and they can wait for bugfixes. |
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> I actually like that chromium releases at a high rate of speed. Does |
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> that mean it sucks for Gentoo? Sure. |
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> However if I want to stay on a particular rev (so I don't recompile |
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> all the time) I can pmask it (and so can you.) |
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I am not bitching about that updates, I am pissed that even if I |
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update the ebuild is altered afterwards so I again have to recompile |
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it for no obvious benefits. Even those bugfixes can wait for next damn |
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release that will happen in few days... |
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>> Imagine that I would adopt your approach with libreoffice. I suppose |
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>> people would chain me to some wall and use as target practice as |
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>> result fo my actions :) |
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> Well one; I care a lot less about having an up to date libre office |
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> since it is not typically a target for attacks (unlike my browser |
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> which has a large attack surface.) |
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> That being said; if upstream did an actual release every week I |
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> wouldn't be offended if those releases made it into the tree; again it |
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> is up to me as a user to decide if i am recompiling or not. |
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You would be suprised how much people try to exploit your documents |
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and how interesting that gets :) |
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Tom |
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