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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New, shiny EAPI=5 profiles: volunteer, procedure, preparations
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:16:50
Message-Id: 51059939.6070300@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] New, shiny EAPI=5 profiles: volunteer, procedure, preparations by Pacho Ramos
1 On 01/27/2013 03:26 AM, Pacho Ramos wrote:
2 > El dom, 27-01-2013 a las 00:26 +0100, Andreas K. Huettel escribió:
3 >> Just to keep everyone updated, ...
4 >>
5 >>> FYI, the new 13.0 profiles are now all available in profiles.desc, for now
6 >>> all with status "dev" (i.e. repoman includes them only when you request
7 >>> developer profile checking).
8 >>>
9 >>> This means the procedure below is complete up to and including point 5)
10 >>> now.
11 >>>
12 >>> Please consider changing your profile symlink manually and testing the new
13 >>> profile tree. In case of problems, please file a bug and assign it to me
14 >>> (or tell me if I'm around).
15 >>>
16 >>> If all goes well, we'll continue in a week.
17 >>>
18 >>
19 >> A small bug in repoman turned up when testing the EAPI=5 profiles, and
20 >> therefore we will wait for the next stable portage version before the 10.0
21 >> profiles are deprecated. So, another 3-4 weeks to go maybe.
22 >>
23 >> [The only alternative would be to require all devs to run at least ~arch
24 >> portage, since the bug only affects repoman, not emerge.]
25 >>
26 >> Cheers,
27 >> Andreas
28 >>
29 >
30 > Maybe other option would be to have a portage version like current
31 > stable + repoman fix and fast stabilize as soon as possible
32
33 I think the latest portage release (2.1.11.50) should be fine. It has
34 lots of other fixes that will be nice to have in stable. I plan to file
35 a stable request in about 1.5 weeks.
36 --
37 Thanks,
38 Zac