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Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> It's simple. You mask expat-2.0.0 on all the current profiles, we mark |
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> it stable in the snapshot and don't have it masked in the 2007.1 |
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> profile. When we release (actually right before), we mark the package |
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> stable in the tree. We document the expat upgrade as part of the |
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> profile upgrade guide, and we're done. Users using a <=2007.0 profile |
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> never see the upgrade. New users use the new expat. Users changing to |
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> the 2007.1 profile run revdep-rebuild. |
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+1 |
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Now, how can we do this? Could we start changing the profiles right now? |
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(I guess people on ~arch will need to unmask it to not downgrade). |
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Should this be brought to the next council meeting? |
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Chris, I could write a small paragraph for whatever GWN explaining what |
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stable and unstable users will have to do if you want. |
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Cheers, |
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Rémi |
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