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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Vanilla sources stabilization policy change
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 17:46:46
Message-Id: CAGfcS_=-F8MGH2MTiCNwOm8kCKYC4M4p0L=5G5T9PeTEnpTFQA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Vanilla sources stabilization policy change by Alex Xu
1 On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Alex Xu <alex_y_xu@×××××.ca> wrote:
2 > As has been stated, this implies that Gentoo QA has tested the packages
3 > and found them to be reasonably safe for use.
4
5 ++
6
7 Stable should mean something, and those who understand the tradeoffs
8 can accept unstable packages where needed (far more easily than on
9 most other distros I might add).
10
11 If gentoo-sources is where our stable efforts will be, then the
12 keywords should reflect this. We're not getting rid of
13 vanilla-sources.
14
15 Rich

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Vanilla sources stabilization policy change Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se>