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| From: | cilly <cilly@××××××××××.nu> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] guidline to set a timeline of removal of ebuild from stable tree | ||
| Date: | Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:04:18 | ||
| Message-Id: | 4FA373CA-773E-4390-BD91-70F87510D6D9@cilly.mine.nu | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-dev] guidline to set a timeline of removal of ebuild from stable tree by cilly |
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| 1 | On Jun 12, 2007, at 12:53 PM, cilly wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > Of course, there are bugs in every version. Sometimes a user must |
| 4 | > be able to choose which bug is more problematic, i.e. the bug in |
| 5 | > the newer ebuild which makes the package unusable for them or the |
| 6 | > older bug which has a security issue the users are aware of but not |
| 7 | > present, i.e. prevented by firewall. A timeline of two weeks would |
| 8 | > allow the user to easily downgrade and if necessary put the ebuild |
| 9 | > in overlay. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Additional: |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Sometimes the chance for the users to place the ebuild comfortably |
| 14 | into overlay is simply taken, since the ebuild has been removed and |
| 15 | doesn't exist after a sync anymore. |
| 16 | -- |
| 17 | gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] guidline to set a timeline of removal of ebuild from stable tree | Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> |
| Re: [gentoo-dev] guidline to set a timeline of removal of ebuild from stable tree | Christoph Mende <angelos@g.o> |
| [gentoo-dev] Re: guidline to set a timeline of removal of ebuild from stable tree | Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> |