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Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> posted 44B7FD7A.6010209@g.o, |
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excerpted below, on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:24:26 -0700: |
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>> Per-package use.mask is not here for another year and in the mean time I |
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>> needed a working solution, this is it. |
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> It think we can have it sooner than "another year". There are lots of |
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> fixes in 2.1.1_pre and I'd like to close the merge window pretty soon so |
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> that it can be stabilized. I'll work on a patch for package.use and |
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> package.use.mask so that we should be able to have it in a stable 2.1.1 |
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> release within a month or two. |
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PMFJI but don't we have to keep compatibility with old versions for a year |
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(well, from my read, I believe the precedent is 10 months) after the change |
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hits stable, or did the discussion I remember reading a bit of decide say |
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6 months was enough? |
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Even if EAPI is used, previous policy would have put it nearly a year from |
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now, as EAPI was only introduced with 2.1.0, or was it backported? |
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I've seen discussion of both points above, but no definitive policy |
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changes. If I've missed the decisions, others may have as well, so |
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maybe others will find the answers helpful too. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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