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From: Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why portage demands to unmask an unstable version of the package?
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 18:40:35
Message-Id: CAKpSnp+2J1n2o9Cnc+qmx3pFwhVOUWkp5W46McP1goAVhr3ZTA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Why portage demands to unmask an unstable version of the package? by Marc Joliet
1 On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 10:09 AM, Marc Joliet <marcec@×××.de> >
2 > Does nobody think of searching bugs.gentoo.org anymore? It was an oversight:
3 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=611386#c6.
4 >
5 Actually, most plain users won't remember or know that there is such a
6 thing. Your post may contribute to improve it. I know I'll remember.
7 But that doesn't mean it makes it easy: searching "vim-core-8.0.0386"
8 returns zero bugs. Searching "vim-core" returns several entries, one
9 of which seems related (if one happens to know that the problem is
10 related to gvim to start with, and assuming one is not daunted by a
11 reference to "acl"). I'm sure this just means I'm keyword-challenged,
12 but I bet I'm not the only one in the universe of plain Gentoo users.
13
14 OK, everybody makes mistakes. But reading "use emacs" is bound to
15 touch a few cords. Even if it was said with a grain of salt, the fact
16 is that updating a stable system after sync'ing is not expected to be
17 a surprising experience, at least regarding packages that are not part
18 of a huge bundle like KDE.
19
20 Regards
21
22 Jorge Almeida

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