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From: Steve Dibb <beandog@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:42:43
Message-Id: 459D72E7.1050206@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable by Steve Dibb
1 Steve Dibb wrote:
2 > Andrey Gerasimenko wrote:
3 >> Looking at the Portage tree, I see that some packages are kept ~x86
4 >> for long time without any bugs referenced in the changelog or
5 >> Bugzilla. How are they being made stable (or where in the docs is the
6 >> process described)?
7 > They need to be in the tree for at least 30 days, no bugs, and if
8 > someone files a stable request ebuild, then an arch tester will test
9 > it, and then a dev will keyword it stable.
10 >
11 Oh, and I forgot .... all the dependencies should be marked stable as well.
12
13 I would actually encourage users to find and file stable request ebuild
14 bugs. Just make sure you post emerge --info along there in the bug.
15
16 Steve
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