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From: Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Arches marking ebuilds stable before maintainer
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 19:54:35
Message-Id: 20040617195424.GA18122@cerberus.oppresses.us
1 This has come up a few times, mostly specifically related to GNOME
2 packages, but there hasn't been much recent discussion on the pros/cons
3 involved.
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5 Apparently, some package maintainers think it's a major problem if an
6 arch other than x86 marks an ebuild stable before it's stable on x86.
7 Speaking as someone who's maintained many packages as well as two
8 non-x86 architectures, could someone please explain why, precisely, it's
9 such an issue if an architecture chooses to give their stable users
10 versions not yet marked stable on the maintainer's preferred
11 architecture?
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