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On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:57:28 +0100 |
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Gerold Strobel <gs@××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> greetings to the list |
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> In my opinion it takes too long until a new version of a packet is |
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> available in the stable portage tree. Current example: kopete |
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> (kopete.sourceforge.net) 0.7.4 is available since 11/18/2003, yet |
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> 0.7.3 is the latest marked stable. |
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> What's the procedure applied to test a package for stability? |
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In general, before commiting we test that it compiles _and_ runs. |
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If after two-four weeks after it's released in the ~arch tree there were |
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no major bugs reported, it's moved to stable. |
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> How can I help speed things up? |
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Fix possible bugs and test packages with different useflags and even |
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compiler instructions. We can't test all of them. |
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> Is there an archive of this list? Where? |
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http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel |
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-- Markus |
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Markus Nigbur |
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Gentoo Developer |
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http://www.gentoo.org |
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