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From: Dan Meltzer <parallelgrapefruit@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] baselayout-1.11.15-r3 testing for stable
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:16:10
Message-Id: 46059ce10606181411q5b943c5coea380a1108f520e8@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] baselayout-1.11.15-r3 testing for stable by Philip Webb
1 On 6/18/06, Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca> wrote:
2 > 060618 Roy Marples wrote:
3 > > On Sunday 18 June 2006 17:12, Mike Frysinger wrote:
4 > >> On Sunday 18 June 2006 04:32, Philip Webb wrote:
5 > >>> I suspect most users wb happy to see packages stabilised a bit sooner,
6 > >>> even if they're only 95 % reliable (another smile).
7 > >> people are *not* happy when their machine cannot boot
8 > > Are you implying that there are bugs with baselayout-1.12.1
9 > > that stop the machine booting?
10 > > If so, please give me some bug numbers to look at.
11 >
12 > There is something not quite right about 'testing/stable' as it exists now
13 > -- no, repeat no, criticism of hardworking developers implied -- :
14 > might it help everyone if instead we had 'testing/desktop/server' ?
15 > 'testing' = genuinely newly unmasked & awaiting willing users to test;
16 > 'desktop' = generally reliable, but might occasionally trip you up;
17 > 'server' = believed wholly reliable for the most demanding duties.
18
19 You mean GLEP 19?
20 >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] baselayout-1.11.15-r3 testing for stable Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca>