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ons 2001-12-26 klockan 04.33 skrev Daniel Robbins: |
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> Just remember that we have to somehow work towards a *stable* KDE3 release. I |
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> think having a separate system profile for KDE3 development might be a good |
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> compromise. |
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Ok, looks like you misunderstood me. I'm not talking about beta |
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_ebuilds_. I'm talking about beta packages (like for instance, GNOME |
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produces lots of beta releases of GNOME2. These packages are _only_ |
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supposed for GNOME developers). From my discussion with Dan about this |
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issue, the KDE3 betas we are discussing here are for KDE developers. |
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Beta ebuilds are a totally different issue. In that case I think masking |
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them is the correct way to go. But if we start packaging stuff that we |
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know are very unstable packages we'll end up spending lots of time on |
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doing: |
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*) Patches for the installations (since it's not finished) which is |
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obsoleted when the stable version comes out. |
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*) Debugging KDE/foobar source which has nothing to do with Gentoo. |
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*) Having to spend lots of time trying to figure out if it's our ebuilds |
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or the released tarballs that is flaky. |
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And trust me, we will end up doing all of the above, no matter how many |
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warning signs we put up. Because most people takes a look on them and |
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thinks it's ok. Then they will mail the mailinglist or discuss on IRC |
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never the less and the developers will end up spending lots of time on |
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these things that is none of Gentoo's concern. |
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So what I'm saying is that _we_ shouldn't work towards a stable KDE3 |
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release, the KDE release team should. Once it's out we should work |
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towards stable packages of that software. |
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This is why I suggested to Dan that if he wants to play around with KDE3 |
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he should make ebuilds and distribute them from himself rather than in |
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the portage. That way it will be clear that users wanting to discuss |
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KDE3/those ebuilds should turn to him rather than any of the other |
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developers. |
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This is the way I plan to distribute ebuilds for Gtk+/GNOME pre-2.0. |
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Regards, |
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Mikael Hallendal |
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Mikael Hallendal |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Leader |
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CodeFactory AB, Stockholm, Sweden |
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