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On Saturday 04 March 2017 09:52:38 Jorge Almeida wrote: |
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> On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 4 Mar 2017 18:21:23 +0200, gevisz wrote: |
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> >> So, in my portage tree currently there is one stable gvim package with |
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> >> version 8.0.0106 |
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> >> and one unstable gvim package, with version 8.0.0386. |
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> >> |
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> >> Why portage force me to unmask an unstable version of the package then? |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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> >> [ebuild U ] app-vim/gentoo-syntax-20170225 [20160530] |
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> >> [ebuild U ~] app-editors/gvim-8.0.0386 [8.0.0106] |
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> > |
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> > Because vim-8.0.0386 is stable and, presumably, the vim and gvim versions |
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> > must match. I would suggest filing a stabilisation bug for gvim, or |
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> Isn't it a bit bizarre that portage tries to force users to go |
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> unstable on such an exotic package as one of the two major text |
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> editors? |
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> This can't be good publicity for Gentoo. Yes, I know nobody is after |
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> that, but still... |
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> I couldn't find the name of the maintainer. Maybe different devs are |
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> in charge of vim and gvim? |
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> just |
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> |
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> > use emacs... |
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> |
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> What do[es] the maintainer[s] use? |
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> Regards |
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> Jorge Almeida |
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Does nobody think of searching bugs.gentoo.org anymore? It was an oversight: |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=611386#c6. |
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-- |
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Marc Joliet |
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"People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we |
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don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup |
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