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> On 20/04/07, Joshua Jackson <tsunam@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Rob C wrote: |
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>> > On 19/04/07, *Christian Faulhammer* <opfer@g.o |
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>> > <mailto:opfer@g.o>> wrote: |
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>> > Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk |
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>> > <mailto:slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk>>: |
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>> > > On the issue of QA, I think enabling FEATURES="collision-detect" |
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>> by |
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>> > > default would do a lot more good at this stage than "test". |
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>> > Arch teams normally have collision-protect enabled when doing |
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>> > keywording/stabling....in my eyes this is sufficient. |
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>> > V-Li |
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>> > Its obviously not, Many users are reporting file-collisions on a |
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>> > weekly basis. So either this isn't sufficient or the arch teams are |
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>> > not acting as you describe. |
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>> > -Rob |
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>> > |
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>> Rob, |
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>> Please watch it when saying that the arch teams are not acting as |
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>> described. I can tell you that we catch what comes to us. We don't get |
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>> every single package pushed on us as some never go through stable |
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>> testing, and we don't have every single package installed(that's |
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>> unrealistic). If they do then if there is a collision a note is filed in |
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>> the bug and we wait for a fix, as it actually does bail you out of the |
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>> build. This has been the mantra of at least x86 since the creation of |
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>> the team. |
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> It strikes me that people are often a little too sensative to any possible |
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> doubts or aspersions that may be cast there way. |
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> Taken in context I can't see why anyone would have a problem with what I |
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> wrote. Either arch's are acting as described and the issue persists in |
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> which |
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> case the action is not sufficient OR the pescribed action is sufficent but |
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> not always undertaken or performed. I cant see how it can be both. |
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Well there is still the alternative option that the prescribed action is |
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sufficient, but it doesn't catch every corner case because that would be |
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unrealistic, so bugs are going to get reported. |
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Steve |
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