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From: Jim Nutt <jim@×××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Stability and package mask
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 18:27:20
Message-Id: 20030309102711.43049aa2.jim@nuttz.org
1 I noted in another message that the developers are looking for a way to
2 get rid of package.mask in the 2.1 version of portage. I have an idea
3 that might accomplish that, while still allowing the flexibility that
4 Gentoo is prized for.
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6 Essentially, it would involve assigning each ebuild a numeric stability
7 value. 10 would be the most stable, say equivalent to Debian stable, 5
8 would be the equivalent of Debian testing and 0 (or lower) would be
9 like Debian unstable. Each user would have a stability threshold set in
10 their make.conf, packages with a lower stability number than the
11 threshold would not be installed. This would allow each user to set
12 their own comfort level.
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14 Every ebuild would start out at at 0 (really bleeding edge stuff
15 might be negative!). Each week (or some other period of time) the
16 ebuild is released without a bug reported, it's stability rating is
17 increased by one point, until it reaches 10. If a bug is filed against a
18 package, it remains at the same stability level until all the bugs filed
19 against it are closed or it is manually bumped.
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21 Does this make sense to anyone else?
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23 --
24 jim nutt
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Stability and package mask Alain Penders <alain@g.o>