Re: [gentoo-user] skype package changes I don't understand

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am Montag, 21. Mai 2012, 10:54:08 schrieb Mark Knecht:
> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
> wrote: <SNIP>
>
> >> if you use testing, you have to deal with such kind of situations.
> >> Using a known broken version is just stupid. There isn't a choice
> >> between those two. There is only a choice between: use unstable or
> >> stable. And if you use unstable, don't complain about things being
> >> fluid.
>
> Typical Volker. Not worth a response.
>
> > - From what I can tell, he is not using ~amd64 (testing). He uses a
> > mixed system (stable with a few packages in package.keywords) which
> > sometimes is even worse :)
>
> That's it precisely. All my systems are 'stable' as best they can be.
> The only things that are more or less permanently testing are portage
> & eix.  After that the only entries in package.keywords are specific
> applications or _very_ targeted things that address hardware issues.
> (Virtualbox, VMWare Player, nvidia-drivers) That's it. In general, the
> only reason ANYTHING goes in package.keywords is to address a
> temporary package problem, and typically they aren't there that long.
> For instance, if say Virtualbox had a problem I might keyword it for a
> month or two to get a new release that fixes the problem. After that
> version goes stable I remove the keyword entry and am running the same
> version I've been running. My keyword file is currently only about 12
> lines.
>
> In the case of skype there was no stable version to use. Everything is
> marked as testing.
>
> While I agree that the emulation libraries are probably low risk I
> don't want to add 8 new things to package.keywords. It's just not the
> way I work here.
>
> > The best way to deal with your problem (and avoid seeing your
> > package.keywords getting bigger and bigger) is to grab -r1, mark it
> > stable, put it in your local overlay and keep using that indefinitely.
>
> Yeah, most likely the best medium-term solution although what I've
> done for now is emerge -C skype.
>
> > - --
> > Regards,
> > Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
>
> Thanks Markos! I really appreciate your inputs as well as all the work
> you guys do. We don't say thanks enough.
>
> (Ugh Volker. Keep the attitude to yourself dude) ;-(
>

which attitude?

you are the one using a testing package - and then contemplates to use a KNOWN 
BAD version for no good reason at all. And then YOU call me out?

Please...


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