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On 12/02/2004, at 11:48 PM, Kurt Lieber wrote: |
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> with gimp 1.2.5 and then, later on, 1.2.{6,7,8,9} are also released as |
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> 'stable' they would be added into that 2003.4 branch as well? But gimp |
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> 1.3+ would never be added? |
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Yep, that's pretty much it. Some packages have backported security |
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fixes (eg, Linux 2.0 and 2.2 are maintained), so I'd be interested in |
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being able to offload that task onto the authors, or possibly crib from |
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other projects like Debian where the work has already been done. |
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For the packages that don't have backported security or bug fixes, it |
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would revert to the prior situation where it just becomes frozen and |
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never updated. |
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> AxKit 1.6.1 |
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> libxslt 1.0.31 |
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> libxml2 2.5.6 |
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When you first installed those machines, you would have used the |
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current Gentoo versions, eg "x86" rather than a frozen baseline. Hence |
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the issue still exists up to that first checkpoint where you decide "am |
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I going to keep following current or declare the machine |
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'finished'?"... |
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So while you're following current, you would discover those kinds of |
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"2.5.6 works but 2.5.8 doesn't" situations and either pin the package |
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versions or send fixes to the authors so 2.5.9 works again. :) |
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Just another perspective. The main intent is to have the structure to |
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be able to take advantage of other groups and projects doing |
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backporting efforts even though we won't be ourselves... |
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