Re: [gentoo-dev] proposed solution to arches/stable problem

[Ferris McCormick]

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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Aron Griffis wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I've read through most of these arches vs. maintainers threads.  It
> sounds like Carsten hits the nail on the head with this paragraph:
>
>     But isn't exactly this an issue? You don't know which arch the
>     package maintainer is using and checking against a single arch
>     doesn't work, because a maintainer could mark it stable on his
>     arch for some reason before the package maintainer had done this?
>     So the first arch maintainer goes ahead, the next one thinks "oh,
>     seems like the package maintainer marked it stable", gets bitten
>     and the package maintainer has to resolve resulting problems
>     (possibly including blame by users)?
>
> So let's use one more KEYWORD: stable.  This KEYWORD would be set by
> the package maintainer to indicate her impression of what versions
> should be considered stable.  This would have the following effects:
>
>     1. Repoman could check keyword changes, warning arch maintainers
>        when they mark a version arch-stable that is not marked stable
>        by the maintainer.
>
>     2. Bugs can be assigned appropriately:
>
>         stable            -- assign maintainer, cc arch team
>         not stable, arch  -- assign arch team, cc maintainer
>         not stable, ~arch -- assign maintainer, cc arch team
>
> This makes it clear that arches that choose to move ahead of the
> maintainer get to deal with the bugs until the maintainer "catches
> up".
>
> Thoughts?
>

I rather like this approach. I think it addresses the maintainers'
concerns, and allows the arch maintainers to proceed if necessary.
Maybe your suggestion can help cool off this discussion.

(And it provides for useful feedback to the maintainer:  after all,
if she sees her package going stable on all architectures but hers,
that's useful information.)

But, truth in labeling requires me to identify myself as an
arch-type (sparc)
 
> Regards,
> Aron
>
> --
> Aron Griffis
> Gentoo Linux Developer
>
>

Regards,
Ferris
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc)
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