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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] qa last rites multiple packages
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 18:22:32
Message-Id: CAJ0EP436kRJi-5riEKXhVY__z_rH6fFOHjjTLXG_Dh+VLRRszw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] qa last rites multiple packages by William Hubbs
1 On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 1:11 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
2 > On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 12:24:12PM -0500, Mike Pagano wrote:
3 >> On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 12:14:23PM -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote:
4 >> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:11 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
5 >> > > On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 11:21:56AM -0500, Mike Pagano wrote:
6 >> > >> On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 05:47:10PM -0600, William Hubbs wrote:
7 >> > >> > All,
8 >> > >> >
9 >> >
10 >> > If you remove the mask, users will no longer be warned that they are
11 >> > using a flawed copy of the kernel sources.
12 >> >
13 >> > Thus, Mike's question about timing.
14 >> >
15 >>
16 >> Exactly.
17 >
18 > This should be a different thread then since this wasn't in the list I
19 > originally posted.
20 >
21 > However,
22 >
23 > this is considered an invalid package.mask entry since the package that
24 > was being masked is no longer in the tree [1].
25
26 Regardless of what repoman says, the mask entry is still useful.
27
28 The repoman warning serves as a nice reminder, but please don't treat
29 it as policy.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] qa last rites multiple packages Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>