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> So let me get this straight. Pacakge masking (and unmasking to test) |
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> will be a thing of the past? If one uses that ~arch line, will one |
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> have the latest packages available? |
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As I understand it, no - keywords are used as a means of getting the |
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stable/development branching people have been requesting. Global masking will |
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still be useful. |
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Keywords are a good way of getting around silly stuff like masking perl |
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because it fails to compile on PPC, when 90% of the world in on a x86 comp. |
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machine. |
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> I am just curious as I have unmasked a heap of Gnome 2 apps and this |
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> would make my life easier ;) |
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depends on Spider and the other GNOME ebuild developers really, but if the |
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software is to be considers dangerous and unstable on all platforms global |
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masking might be a good idea. So I would expect global masking stay as it is |
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for quite some time. |
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my 2 euro cents |
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- David |
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