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On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:32:35 -0500 |
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William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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> As said before, ~arch users know that their systems will break |
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> sometimes, so if the package works for you, unleash it on ~arch. If |
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> someone using a configuration you don't have finds that it breaks, I'm |
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> sure it would be reported. Then you could determine whether the bug is |
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> severe enough to warrant a mask. |
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As long as important/core/system packages don't result in a wide scale |
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breakage on ~arch this approach should be fine; we've been doing fine |
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before, so I don't think that this warrants a change in what we do. |
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Just want to note that you can get an idea from previous outages (or |
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similar events like python-exec / UPower) on how much testing is needed. |
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With kind regards, |
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Tom Wijsman (TomWij) |
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