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From: "Fernando J. Pereda" <ferdy@g.o>
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 11:06:42
Message-Id: 20070612110303.GF4738@ferdyx.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] guidline to set a timeline of removal of ebuild from stable tree by cilly
1 On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 12:53:16PM +0200, cilly wrote:
2 > On Jun 12, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Fernando J. Pereda wrote:
3 >
4 > > Known to be buggy versions.
5 >
6 > Of course, there are bugs in every version. Sometimes a user must be able to
7 > choose which bug is more problematic, i.e. the bug in the newer ebuild which
8 > makes the package unusable for them or the older bug which has a security
9 > issue the users are aware of but not present, i.e. prevented by firewall. A
10 > timeline of two weeks would allow the user to easily downgrade and if
11 > necessary put the ebuild in overlay.
12
13 If the user thinks he knows better than me which version he wants to
14 use, there is the code. I'll still keep in Gentoo's tree whatever *I*
15 feel it is best for every gentoo user.
16
17 - ferdy
18
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20 Fernando J. Pereda Garcimartín
21 20BB BDC3 761A 4781 E6ED ED0B 0A48 5B0C 60BD 28D4

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Re: [gentoo-dev] guidline to set a timeline of removal of ebuild from stable tree cilly <cilly@××××××××××.nu>