2011/11/10 Tomáš Chvátal <scarabeus@g.o>:
> Hi guys,
>
> In last 3 days i recompiled chromium 3x
>
> 1x rebuild for cups useflag
> 1x update
> 1x rebuild for cups useflag
>
> If you screw the ebuild up then always think if the change is worth
> the stupid long recompile time.

I tentatively agree in terms of USe flag mixups...however...

> Like it is not enough there is version bump every few days...
> Just alter only live ebuild and branch of it with each release and do
> not alter the releases unless really critical bug is there. People are
> patient and they can wait for bugfixes.

I actually like that chromium releases at a high rate of speed. Does
that mean it sucks for Gentoo? Sure.
However if I want to stay on a particular rev (so I don't recompile
all the time) I can pmask it (and so can you.)

>
> Imagine that I would adopt your approach with libreoffice. I suppose
> people would chain me to some wall and use as target practice as
> result fo my actions :)

Well one; I care a lot less about having an up to date libre office
since it is not typically a target for attacks (unlike my browser
which has a large attack surface.)
That being said; if upstream did an actual release every week I
wouldn't be offended if those releases made it into the tree; again it
is up to me as a user to decide if i am recompiling or not.

-A

>
> Cheers
>
> Tom
>
>