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On Thursday 19 June 2008 08:41:34 Luca Barbato wrote: |
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> > The point is to avoid breaking Portage versions that users might |
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> > reasonably be using, even if only briefly. Do you really expect /all/ |
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> > users doing a new installation to choose the scary beta instead of the |
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> > nice safe release? |
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> What about those who do not update since 1.0? how could they survive the |
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> havoc? |
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Is avoiding a beta version of something moderately important (like, say, |
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installation media) really equivalent to not updating for over five years? |
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> Trying to make HUGE MONSTERS of little corner case is the favorite sport |
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> of Ciaranm and crew, be it a "beta" tag, an obscure feature some |
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> developers may like for tracking live sources (and the user should not |
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> use), possible fut{ure,ile} changes in the ebuild format. |
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Please take the ad hominems elsewhere. |
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