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From: Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in profiles: ChangeLog package.mask
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:56:39
Message-Id: b41005390812031956v4caa6140m3e4337597596048@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in profiles: ChangeLog package.mask by "Robin H. Johnson"
1 On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@g.o> wrote:
2 > I'd like to implore ALL developers to please ensure that they don't
3 > commit broken stuff into profiles, esp. corrupt atoms in package.mask.
4
5 Imploring is ineffective, humans fail.
6
7 >
8 > This change went into profiles/package.mask, and caused breakage for one
9 > sync window.
10 >> +=net-p2p/ktorrent-3.2_*
11 > A few days ago we had a different one:
12 >> +>=dev-util/monodevelop-java--1.9
13 > That managed to break the sync during rsync, but also by timing also
14 > managed to end up in the daily snapshot.
15 >
16 > If it's in profiles, or a core system package, please be very careful
17 > with your commits. Both of the above were fixed in less than 30 minutes,
18 > but breakage had already been seen at that point.
19
20 I've filed bug 249761 to track a reasonable fix for this.
21
22 -Alec
23
24 >
25 > --
26 > Robin Hugh Johnson
27 > Gentoo Linux Developer & Infra Guy
28 > E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
29 > GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85
30 >