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On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 10:28:59 -0500 |
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William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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> Markos, to answer your question, there are folks on the team, and at |
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> least one user, using OpenRc from git without issues, so as far as I |
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> know there shouldn't be any breakage. |
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A few team developers is not a large enough test base for an important |
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package that is to be installed and ran on _hundreds to thousands_ of |
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user systems; I think you could reword future warnings to invite people |
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to unmask and test this important package version bump, and then state |
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it will be unmasked in X days if nothing bad gets reported. |
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You might get away this time, but what if hell breaks loose next time? |
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Besides that, as stated by others, such announcements are appreciated. |
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Thank you for the heads-up! |
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> I guess I was a little more harsh than I should have been, because I |
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> know there are users out here who want ~arch to be rock solid, and I |
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> have caught flack before from some of that crowd. |
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Exactly, ~arch isn't the new stable; it isn't the new masked either. |
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With kind regards, |
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Tom Wijsman (TomWij) |
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