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From: Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] bash-3.1 stable
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:37:53
Message-Id: 20130402143744.532b4ae8@portable
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] bash-3.1 stable by hasufell
1 On Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:32:26 +0200
2 hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On 04/02/2013 02:29 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote:
5 > > On Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:25:43 +0200
6 > > hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
7 > >
8 > >> bash-3.1 seems to break ebuild sourcing and is blocked in most
9 > >> package managers. So I was wondering how can it still be stable
10 > >> then or even in the tree? I'd say mask it with a note that this
11 > >> breaks the shit out of gentoo, no matter what PM you use.
12 > >> Otherwise, just punt it?
13 > >>
14 > >
15 > > (this is pure speculation and I didn't check)
16 > >
17 > > isn't it the pivot of some upgrade path like 'update bash to 3.1,
18 > > portage to xx.xx, bash to latest, portage to latest' ?
19 > >
20 > > Alexis.
21 > >
22 >
23 > afair the upgrade path was for 1 year?
24 >
25 > 3.1 is blocked way longer
26 >
27
28 but what's the problem with keeping it and not breaking older
29 upgrade paths?

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Re: [gentoo-dev] bash-3.1 stable Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>