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From: Brian Evans <grknight@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Suggestion about how to tell ATs that a package can be stabilized on all arches at the same time
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2015 16:53:50
Message-Id: 54D79493.8080904@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Suggestion about how to tell ATs that a package can be stabilized on all arches at the same time by Pacho Ramos
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4 On 02/08/2015 05:17 AM, Pacho Ramos wrote:
5 > Hello
6 >
7 > Many times has raised the question about how we could handle those
8 > packages (like icon packs, wallpapers...) that are not arch
9 > dependent and, then, could be stabilized all at the same time by
10 > the first arch team that is going to stabilize it.
11 >
12 > Some months ago it was suggested that this packages could have a
13 > KEYWORD with a value like "~arch" for example that could indicate
14 > this situation:
15 > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/dev/283020
16 >
17 > But it was shown that it would be difficult to make it work
18 > properly at PM level.
19 >
20 > Then, I was wondering if we could handle this simply by having: - A
21 > new keyword for bugzilla like "STABLEREQALL" to easily allow arch
22 > teams to filter this kind of packages and handle them in this
23 > "special way" - A new key for metadata.xml files to specify there
24 > that the package can be handled in that way.
25 >
26 > What do you think about this? It wouldn't need any change at PM
27 > level and, then, it should be easy to do.
28 >
29 >
30
31 I would like to see packages with PHP scripts (only) be included with
32 such a proposal. i.e. dev-php/PEAR-* . They are only text files which
33 may only rely on dev-lang/php USE which are simple to detect with
34 repoman failures.
35
36 Brian
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