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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:02:33 -0500 |
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"John Davis" <zhen@g.o> wrote: |
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> I disagree - a snapshot is not a freeze in the same way that our old |
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> release policy called for. Although you can do what you are saying |
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> (versions, etc), the tree itself never freezes. Gentoo is a fluid |
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> distribution. |
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I understand that Gentoo is a fluid distribution, but how can you provide |
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quality QA on a set of packages if they are constantly changing, |
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particularly when trying to build binary sets for distribution? |
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In order to do proper QA, there is going to have to be some stagnation |
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between the snapshot and the live portage tree (1.5 to 3 weeks for build |
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time and proper QA for a given arch). Other than the critical or security |
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related bug fixes, what are we going to be using as the demarcation for |
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updating packages in the snapshot, and how will we be ensuring that all |
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arches are using the same versions of programs (where applicable)? |
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Jason Wever |
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Gentoo/Sparc Team Co-Lead |