Re: [gentoo-desktop] Why KNetworkManager has been masked for so long?

[Dale]

A package can have a bug but not be masked.  It depends on how serious
the problem is.  Apparently this one is serious enough that they masked
it.  It may be that it doesn't compile properly, could be a security
thing or any number of other reasons that a package would be masked.  It
could even be a bug report farther upstream.  I'm sure there is a reason
since it has been so long.  Just be glad it is working for you.  It
could be worse.

Dale

:-)  :-)




Jean-Marc Beaune wrote:
> Ok, but if we look for Amarok,
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=amarok , there's a
> bunch of bugs for this application but it's not masked.
>
> And again, I'm just curious, I only wondered if there was something
> specifically bad with it.
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com
> <mailto:rdalek1967@×××××.com>> wrote:
>
>     Jean-Marc Beaune wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > I've been thinking to move to KNetworkManager for a while (more than
>     > one year) and seeing that it's always masked didn't make me
>     confident
>     > (I run as much as I can a stable arch).
>     > But finally I migrated from baselayout management to KNetworkManager
>     > few days ago and it seems to work quite well (not a long experience
>     > though).
>     >
>     > Hence, the question, I'm just curious.
>     >
>     > Thank you.
>     >
>     > P.S.: I used
>     > [url=http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/KNetworkManager]this[/url
>     <http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/KNetworkManager%5Dthis%5B/url>
>     > <http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/KNetworkManager%5Dthis%5B/url>]
>     howto
>     > and it went just fine.
>     >
>     > --
>     > Jean-Marc
>     >
>
>
>     Here is some reading materials:
>
>     http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=knetworkmanager
>
>     I think this is the one that has it masked:
>
>     http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253788
>
>     Comment number 2 mentions this is why it is masked among other
>     reasons.
>
>     Most of the time if something is masked, there is a bug for it.  Just
>     search for it.  Resolved bugs should not make a package be masked but
>     open ones can.
>
>     Hope that helps.
>
>     Dale
>
>     :-)  :-)
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jean-Marc