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Robert Cernansky wrote: |
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> On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:49:48 -0700 Steve Dibb <beandog@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: |
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>>> Looking at the Portage tree, I see that some packages are kept ~x86 |
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>>> for long time without any bugs referenced in the changelog or |
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>>> Bugzilla. How are they being made stable (or where in the docs is the |
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>>> process described)? |
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>> They need to be in the tree for at least 30 days, no bugs, and if |
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>> someone files a stable request ebuild, then an arch tester will test it, |
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>> and then a dev will keyword it stable. |
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>> Most stuff doesnt get marked stable mostly because there aren't any |
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>> stable requests. |
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> Stabilisation bug it not a requirement. Package should go to stable |
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> after 30 days + no bugs even without stabilization bug. |
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No, it's not a requirement. It's a notice telling the developers that hey, |
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someone wants it marked stable. Plus, if a user / arch tester does the legwork |
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already of checking to make sure the dependencies are good to go, then we |
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appreciate the work and it creates less of a load for us. |
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> I have an |
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> impresion that developers are _waiting_ for stabilization bugs which |
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> is wrong. |
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That's not true. But there's certainly enough work to go around that they can |
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get neglected. |
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> I've raised a similar question few months ago. It's pretty long |
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> discussion on -user and -dev: |
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> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/166565/ |
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> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/40719/ |
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Good discussions, and my opinion is still the same -- that most packages are |
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assigned to herds, or unassigned to nobody, are minor things, and nobody is |
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directly looking after them. As a result they just plain get ignored. |
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In summary, no a stable bug is not needed, but if its a small less popular |
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package, it probably won't hit on anyones radar any other way. |
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Plus, I'm working on integrating some similar checks found in |
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http://gentoo.tamperd.net/stable/ into the GPNL website ( |
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http://spaceparanoids.org/gentoo/gpnl/ ), so that we can again easily see how |
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long packges have been neglected. |
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Steve |
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