Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo 2006.1 profile and use flag changes

[b.n.]

> In an ideal world, yes.  But it isn't an ideal world, and the
> expectation that nothing in the "stable" tree will ever break is just
> not something that can be satisfied [1].

Yes, I know :)

> Also, the gcc and release enginering teams have stated quite
> emphatically that they are not going to hold up progress on their
> projects just because other (typically maintainer-wanted) projects are
> not keeping up.  [2] & [3]

> There is a debate (argument?, flame war?) going on between devs about
> exactly how much notice was given in advance of gcc _moving_ to
> stable, but the package maintainers did have 2 months between gcc 4.1
> entering ~arch and it moving to stable to fix their problems and move
> the fixed versions to stable.

Absolutely right. But at this point shouldn't the non-tested package be 
moved to ~arch? Or at the very beginning of major GCC upgrade processes 
(like 3.3-->3.4 or 3.4-->4.1), should there be some automatic advice 
that "the following packages on your world have NOT been tested with the 
GCC/glibc/kernel/whatever version you're trying to switch to, are you 
sure to switch?"
(Ok, maybe I should personally work on it... if only I had time,sigh)

> So in the end, arch users are in much the same position as ~arch,
> except hopefully your incidences of breakage are much more rare.  And
> IMO, you also get the right to bitch about it...but only if you also
> report the problems on bugs.gentoo.org! ;-)

That's something I usually do :) ,it's the minimum.

> And of course, Gentoo comes with a lifetime guarantee of complete
> satisfaction or your money back.  :-P

Well, right. I love gentoo, but as any significant other sometimes has 
its quirks :)

m.
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