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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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>> Why portage force me to unmask an unstable version of the package then? |
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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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> 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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> use emacs... |
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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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