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From: Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o>
To: David Sparks <daves@×××××××××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] non-QA'd ebuilds
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 16:50:51
Message-Id: 20040407165049.GA26788@cerberus.oppresses.us
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] non-QA'd ebuilds by David Sparks
1 On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 09:39:04AM -0700, David Sparks wrote:
2 > Going by these bugs:
3 >
4 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40831
5 >
6 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47112
7 >
8 > it seems that some ebuilds don't do the usual month long cycle at ~arch
9 > before being promoted to arch status.
10
11 The first bug refers to a Portage problem that seems to have nothing at
12 all to do with ~arch; can you explain why you referenced it?
13
14 I can't speak for the second, except that developers sometimes make last
15 minute changes and forget to test them.
16
17 > Is there a list of the apps that don't have to have their ebuilds QA'd
18 > before being marked stable?
19 >
20
21 One month is an approximate guideline. It's up to the maintainer. If you
22 feel a specific maintainer is consistently screwing up, please contact
23 devrel@g.o.
24
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