On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:02:33 -0500
"John Davis" <zhen@g.o> wrote:

> I disagree - a snapshot is not a freeze in the same way that our old
> release policy called for. Although you can do what you are saying
> (versions, etc), the tree itself never freezes. Gentoo is a fluid
> distribution.

I understand that Gentoo is a fluid distribution, but how can you provide
quality QA on a set of packages if they are constantly changing,
particularly when trying to build binary sets for distribution?

In order to do proper QA, there is going to have to be some stagnation
between the snapshot and the live portage tree (1.5 to 3 weeks for build
time and proper QA for a given arch). Other than the critical or security
related bug fixes, what are we going to be using as the demarcation for
updating packages in the snapshot, and how will we be ensuring that all
arches are using the same versions of programs (where applicable)?

-- 
Jason Wever
Gentoo/Sparc Team Co-Lead