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Christian Axelsson wrote: |
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> How about mask the "unstable" ebuilds in the stable distribution? |
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> That provides a simple solution for the Debian problem. If you want that |
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> new bleeding edge ebuild, just unmask it on your own risk. It will probably |
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> just be as stable as it is today. |
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> But to talk against myself on this: |
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KEYWORDS will let us do this alot more effectively. The way they work |
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is that an ebuild will have |
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KEYWORDS="unstable" |
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to indicate that an ebuild needs to be tested before it can be called |
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"stable". A user can list which keywords they will accept, so if you |
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accept "unstable" packages, then those will be available to you. |
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This is a rough description of how they will work. We still have some |
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details to work out, and I don't have the full picture yet, but expect |
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an announcement soon. We are also using this functionality to support |
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the alternative architectures. |
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Chad |
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