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Nick Dimiduk wrote: |
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> Just because we know something builds on Tiger does not mean it builds |
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> on Panther. We know that. Which is why I think we need a better way to |
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> further clarify compatibility of ebuilds (better than package.mask). I |
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> don't want to keyword something on my Tiger system and have it break |
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> someone's Panther system. |
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Good point. I have a Panther machine, but I must admit that I do not |
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test everything on that machine. In that sense it would be nice if |
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there were ppc-macos-10.3 and ppc-macos-10.4 keywords, as well as |
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ppc-macos-progressive. |
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> We claim support for Panther. Have we ever |
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> officially supported Tiger? Did we ever decide to focus on one release |
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> over the other? Do we test both systems before a keyword? |
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All valid points to me! (to which I don't have concrete answers) |
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My opinion would be that we cannot claim to have something if there is |
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noone that maintains it. I think this would effectively mean that 10.3 |
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would be unsupported, or I would have to let my Panther box working very |
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hard, but then I need my auto-testing idea to work, because I don't want |
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to do it manual. |
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> I'd also like to point out that just because a package builds doesn't |
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> mean it works. Was it tested? Did it come with testing facilities? Do |
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> the tests pass on both Tiger and Panther? |
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Normally, something first need to be tested. In this case I haven't. |
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Maybe I'd better just give you the patches and let you deal with the bug |
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instead of committing it. My bad, I was in doubt here, and reasoned |
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that I didn't change anything to the code effectively. |
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> Do we have a QA person? I've been away for a while, but I thought we |
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> had solutions to many of these problems before I went AWOL. |
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As you might have noticed, I'm some sort of new. I just reacted to your |
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mail to the best of my knowledge, which isn't that much in the end. |
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I'm interested in the answers to your questions also. |
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At the moment I don't feel very comfortable and safe in doing what I do. |
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This is mainly because of the many risks there are as you descibed |
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here, I think. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo for Mac OS X |
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