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From: Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o>
Subject: Re: Testing is not a valid reason to package.mask
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 22:30:23 +0200
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 22:24:35 +0200
Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o> wrote:

> # Gen 2 Developer <someone@g.o> (`date`)
> # Masked for testing.
> >=rofl-cat/omgpkg-ver
> 
> 
> Please people,
> 
> 
>    if you want to get something tested, then don't mask it. If you
> find that you cannot commit an ebuild because of badly keyworded
> dependencies, then drop the relevant keywords and file a bug report
> with a KEYWORDREQ.

Lest I forget, the exception being that a particular version should
never ever go stable, in which case the masking reason should still be
different. In that case you would still not mark it as "masked for
testing" - what I wanted to clarify is that the mask reason isn't valid
if you want stuff to get tested, as it prevents exactly that from
happening.


Kind regards,
     JeR


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