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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] summary: proposed solutions to arches/stable problem
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 23:32:34
Message-Id: 20040624001630.54ec38fc@snowdrop.home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] summary: proposed solutions to arches/stable problem by Jason Stubbs
1 On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 08:08:11 +0900 Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>
2 wrote:
3 | My understanding is that one camp believes a stable keyword means that
4 | the package is stable overall but may have arch-specific issues. The
5 | other camp believes that a stable keyword has no implications beyond
6 | the architecture that is marked stable.
7
8 No no. Not that it has "no implications", merely that the maintainer's
9 keyword *does not necessarily* have any significance for other archs.
10
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12 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Sparc, MIPS, Vim, Fluxbox)
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