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> > Proposal No 2: |
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> > * Leave profiles.desc unmodified |
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> > * Introduce a new file arch.desc, which contains the "stability |
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> > status" of an |
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> > arch; |
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> > Syntax: 2 columns, |
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> > # arch status |
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> > amd64 stable |
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> > mips testing |
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> > sh unstable |
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> > The meaning of the keywords "stable", "testing", "unstable" is the |
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> > same as in |
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> > the previous proposal, |
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> Maybe declare from the start that any extra columns should be silently |
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> ignored in implementations from start, as to be able to safely add more |
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> columns in the future without breaking backwards compatibility. |
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Makes sense. |
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> > 3) On introduction of the new column, it will be set to "stable" for |
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> > all |
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> > stable arches, "testing" for all arches where "inofficial" stable |
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> > keywords |
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> > exist (sh, s390, ...), and "unstable" everywhere else. |
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> Might want a "broken" (with maybe a better name) for some of these. I |
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> bet the ~arch of some of these is broken too, and no-one to respond to |
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> keyword requests, just happens when it happens. |
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> arm64 and mips are in that state too until we get that fixed and could |
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> move to "testing" and then later "stable" in case of arm64. |
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That's already "in the system". Let's discuss, for example, m68k (my favourite |
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broken arch). |
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Now: |
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* There are some stable keywords hanging around, but nobody cares about them |
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except the m68k arch team (= Mike). |
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* All m68k profiles are "exp". |
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Repoman happily ignores it (unless you use -e). |
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In the near future: |
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* m68k is marked "testing" in arches.desc |
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* All m68k profiles remain "exp" |
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Repoman *still* happily ignores it (unless you use -e); if you use -e, it will |
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test it with ~m68k=m68k. |
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In the far future, given the arch team is intersted: |
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* Upgrade profiles from exp to dev or even stable -> repoman will test it more, |
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but still using ~m68k=m68k. |
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So, whatever "non-support for broken arches" we have now will keep existing. |
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Just that migrating away from it gets easier. |
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Andreas K. Hüttel |
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dilfridge@g.o |
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Gentoo Linux developer (council, perl, libreoffice) |
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