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On 6/16/09, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Even allowing the "~amd64" unstable series, this remains true. |
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>> Why is this so? |
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> Xorg? We have 2.6.2_pre . gcc? We have 4.4.0 . I dont know about perl :) |
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Xorg-2.6.2_pre? In some overlay, not main portage tree? (Don't care, |
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but that's my guess.) |
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gcc-4.4.0? Masked by both package.mask ("for testing") and ~arch. |
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New users probably try to use emerge like aptitude or yum, and not |
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specify any versions. Thus, they won't even see most of this bleeding |
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edge stuff already available (just hidden behind these simple safety |
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valves), and might make the conclusion that "Gentoo is lagging". |
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> We need to test them extensively. |
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Yes, you test both new packages and new devs extensively. :D |
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I think that was the crux of the last "low manpower" thread over at |
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gentoo-dev couple months ago, when Mr Duncan was trying to find a way |
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to become a dev without camping for hours in irc. :) |
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