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On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:09:56 +0100 Jakub Moc <jakub@g.o> wrote: |
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| Ciaran McCreesh napsal(a): |
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| > On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:28:29 -0800 "Robin H. Johnson" |
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| > <robbat2@g.o> wrote: |
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| > | To generalize on Francesco's email, how long should developers |
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| > | wait for minority arches to mark stuff stable, after a security |
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| > | bug, and then a reminder more than 4 months later? |
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| > Indefinitely. There's no harm leaving ebuilds around. |
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| Joking, right? Who's gonna maintain the vulnerable, broken, dead |
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| cruft? You? |
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If there's any 'maintaining' to be done, they switch to the newer |
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version. If a herd goes around 'maintaining' old ebuilds on a regular |
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basis, however, then they're doing something wrong. |
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| > | 5 months of no response from the arches says something is wrong on |
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| > | their side. |
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| > Or it tells you where their priorities lie... |
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| Sure. So they don't need the keywords nor the package. |
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No no. They might need the package, just not necessarily a particular |
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version. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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Mail : ciaranm at ciaranm.org |
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Web : http://ciaranm.org/ |
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