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On Aug 14, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:38:28 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: |
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>> Unstable does not really cut it IMHO. I am a gentoo enthusiast |
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>> through |
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>> and through, but plonking something in portage with a ~ beside it |
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>> does |
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>> not constitute a release of a recent version IMHO. |
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> They're not "unstable", they are "testing", and that only applies |
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> to the |
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> ebuild itself, not the upstream package. If you want the latest |
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> versions, |
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> you need to run ~arch. Any distro that puts brand new packages |
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> (with the |
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> exception of security fixes) into its stable package tree has |
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> thrown all |
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> concept of QA out of the window. |
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> -- |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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> Top Oxymorons Number 30: Business ethics |
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Hi Neil, |
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Is there a way to explicitly search for ~arch releases or do I have |
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set the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS variable in make.conf and hope for the best |
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during emerge? |
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Paul |
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ACCEPT_KEYWORDS variable |
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