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On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 1:25 AM, Alexander Berntsen <bernalex@g.o> |
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> On 18/11/15 08:25, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> > - If you mix stable and unstable then you are by definition an |
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> > advanced user, who will be able to cope with the situation. :) |
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> This attitude is shitty, and I am willing to wager a really big bunch |
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> of users fall into this category. |
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I second the motion. |
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I can vouch for myself as such a user who often uses unstable packages to |
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get new features or dodge bugs in the stable versions. |
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As a general default, though, I stick with stable packages. |
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Taking an occasional unstable package in an otherwise stable system (and |
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obeying any revbump directives provoked by dependencies) is a legal |
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operation that is actually supported by commit rules that prohibit stable |
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versions from depending on unstable versions of dependencies. |
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Why would that policy exist if mixing stable and unstable were unsupported? |
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I don't think EAPI 6 is *that* shiny, that we need to start using it |
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> prior to stable Portage supporting it. It's a potential mess for a |
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> huge portion of our users. |
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> That said, I'd like to extend my thanks to Micha? for working on this. |
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> - -- |
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> Alexander |
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> bernalex@g.o |
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> https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander |
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