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On 04/05/16 02:01 AM, Kent Fredric wrote: |
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> On 4 May 2016 at 16:46, Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Having built many stages for an "unstable" arch (mips) has taught me |
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>> one thing: it's awful being unstable-only. There's no end to the |
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>> compilation failures and other such headaches, none of which have |
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>> anything at all to do with the specific architecture. |
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>> Short of adding a middle level ("stable, wink wink nudge nudge") where |
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>> things at least compile, I think the current situation is actually |
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>> significantly better than the alternative of dropping them to |
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>> unstable. |
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> I feel like there needs to be something inbetween, a mechanism where |
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> things can be deemed "tentatively stable", where in they can still be |
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> later destabilized if evidence compels it. |
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> As it is, stabilization seems one-directional. If critical defects are |
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> found in "stable" releases, they tend not to escalate in the other |
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> direction. |
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> And I understand why that is, but it doesn't stop me wishing otherwise. |
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> But instead of adding a rung between stable and unstable ... maybe the |
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> right approach is to add a layer /beneath/ stable : "Long term |
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> stable". |
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> Where long-term stable is "Known to be good at a deep and thorough |
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> level by people who use the software regularly". |
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> Long-term stable at this point is not something I'd suggest people set |
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> as their keywords in general, but it would be a thing that would only |
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> be granted to specific packages on a case-by-case basis, and it would |
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> only be encouraged to be used in the sense of |
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> /etc/portage/package.keywords , where mixing long-term stable and |
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> stable would be "supported" ... somehow. |
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> IDK, there's still a lot wrong with my ideas, but hopefully there's |
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> some ball here to run with. |
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Rather than adding a third layer of stability and splitting the |
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userbase even further, how about we just be less shy about dropping |
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stable keywords on packages back to ~arch when we have bugs that can't |
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be resolved quickly? I know this isn't ideal given everyone --sync's |
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at different times and varying intervals, but if a particular ebuild |
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gets stabilized on an arch and is found to really not be ready at |
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least there's a recourse to undo the stabilization and stop -some- |
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users from getting the new version via their -uDN @world updates. |
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What might we need in terms of better PM support, for stable -> ~arch |
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keywording? |
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