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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] dblink: add locks for parallel-install with blockers (bug 576888)
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 19:20:13
Message-Id: 573A1D60.2000300@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] dblink: add locks for parallel-install with blockers (bug 576888) by Brian Dolbec
1 On 03/14/2016 11:36 AM, Brian Dolbec wrote:
2 > On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:26:23 +0100
3 > Alexander Berntsen <bernalex@g.o> wrote:
4 >
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8 >> I can't say much more than "ACK, probably makes sense" really. But
9 >> please test this *a lot* before merging it.
10 >
11 >
12 > I ack as well, the code looks good. I don't know enough about to be
13 > able to critique it in detail ;). But it does look decent and the idea
14 > of what it is doing sounds good.
15 >
16 >
17 >> Regarding the merging of this patch, and th egencache patch that has
18 >> already been released: I thought we agreed that .29 should be *only*
19 >> the repoman merger, and then bug fixes go into a .30 where we try to
20 >> get a stable release with the new repoman. Why was egencache merged
21 >> anyway? Should we not merge repoman to stable ASAP before doing
22 >> anything else? That would make .29 easier.
23 >> - --
24 >> Alexander
25 >> bernalex@g.o
26 >> https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander
27 >
28 > With a .29 release coming out very soon after the the .28, the .28
29 > would not get much more testing for the stabilization. If only the
30 > repoman code was changed, it makes it easier to know that any bugs
31 > submitted for .29 that re not repoman specific, apply to .28 as well.
32 > But more that if no non-repoman bugs were filed, then that clears .28
33 > for stabilization.
34
35 Can we merge this now? Feedback from the user who reported the issue is
36 very positive:
37
38 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576786#c7
39 --
40 Thanks,
41 Zac

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