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Rich Freeman: |
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> If the only one testing it is the maintainer then it probably |
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> shouldn't go in the tree. However, if the maintainer is working with |
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> others to actually test the package, then a short-term mask is |
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> probably fine. |
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IMO, if you are testing with others without knowing the outcome yet, |
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then a mask does not make sense. This is actually another story of |
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broken workflow with a minor subplot in VCS. |
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Also, those masks are rarely short-term in practice, because well, see |
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this thread. |
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> In neither case will ~arch users be testing it. |
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Developer overlays are widely used. So yes, ~arch users will be testing |
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it, probably even arch users. It also limits the potential damage for |
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the user, because he can very easily toss out the crap by just |
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removing/masking the whole overlay instead of going on adventure reading |
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broken portage output. |
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