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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] The End Is Near ... or, get the vaseline, they're on the way!
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:59:43
Message-Id: CAK2H+edahRhPxmLhBoYPdsONjk+Em4A4OPzG1KUVVZ4759++Lg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] The End Is Near ... or, get the vaseline, they're on the way! by "Canek Peláez Valdés"
1 On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
3 <SNIP>
4 >>
5 >> 1) Unmasking udev-181 doesn't mean it becomes stable, so I am assuming
6 >> (for now) that since I run stable Gentoo this won't directly effect me
7 >> on Monday. Comments?
8 >
9 > That is correct. udev-181 is getting unmasked (removed from
10 > /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask), not stabilized (it will remain
11 > ~x86/~amd64). For it to be keyworded amd64/x86, I would suspect it
12 > will take *at least* a month, probably longer.
13 >
14 > I would suspect that when it does get stabilized, the needed versions
15 > of dracut/genkernel/openrc will get stabilized too.
16 >
17 > Regards.
18 > --
19 > Canek Peláez Valdés
20 > Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
21 > Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
22 >
23
24 Thanks Canek. That's my assumption.
25
26 Additionally, I'm going to guess that someone out there will make the
27 current udev available through an overlay going out a long time in the
28 future so I'm not really very worried about this today.
29
30 Cheers,
31 Mark