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Newer version (with a given bug fix) of the package may stay marked unstable |
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for a long time. |
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Imagine one who set ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" and he found a bug which doesn't |
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exist in ~x86. Hence given bug will stay unsolved untill the package will be |
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marked as stable for his arch (unless he will unmask the newer version). |
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There are many people which do not upgrade for a long time for stability |
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reasons. |
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Also some of the bugs which are beyond of scope of gentoo devs may exist for |
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too long time. |
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Also I think that it will be not so bad if the KB entry will just say: "to |
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solve the issue just upgrade to version xx.yy" or "to solve upgrade to |
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version xx.yy (recommened) or use following workaround" or "this is known |
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yet unsolved bug, see <link to bug in bugzilla>, here is workaround", etc. |
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Generally, one who meet some problem is not aware of whether this is a bug |
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(and whether it is fixed in new version) or this is just a configuration |
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issue or he might broke something. Why not to tell him? |
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As for outdated questions: |
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I suggest just to add "outdated" flag, so search will filter out in the |
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search outdated KB entries, while the user still able to include outdated |
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results in his search results by setting some checkbox. |
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On 5/20/06, Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 12:13:02AM +0300, R.I.P. wrote: |
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> > I'd suggest to have possiblity of several solutions of the problem. |
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> > Sometimes there is no good solution for the problem, but the number |
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> of |
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> > dirty hacks with advantages and disadvantages in each. |
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> > Another situation is when there is a problem with a certain version |
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> > of software and there is two possible ways to solve it: |
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> > 1. upgrade to possibly unstable but newer version in which the |
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> problem |
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> > doesn't exist |
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> > 2. Fix the problem |
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> > In some cases 1st variant will be suitable, in others 2nd. |
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> |
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> Mind you that bug solutions shouldn't be reported in the KB. Bugs are |
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> reported in Bugzilla, and over time they will resolve themselves (in the |
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> majority of the cases by a simple update of the system). |
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> |
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> The KB should, imo, focus on the many questions you read on #gentoo and in |
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> the forums that are still valid questions in 1 year (or later). |
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> |
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> |
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Best Regards, |
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Rostislav. |
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-- |
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Ты тонкий мыслитель сказал людоед, а больше толстых люблю (с) Я |
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