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On Sun, Mar 08, 2020 at 04:42:20PM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> On 3/8/20 4:22 PM, Consus wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > |
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> > Is it somehow possible to install unstable packages on stable Gentoo |
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> > without manual unmasking? Say, package dev-util/perf does not have _any_ |
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> > stable ebuild, so IMO there is actually no point in manual unmasking, |
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> > because user does not have any choice between stable/unstable. |
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> > |
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> Not really. You can always file a bug and ask the maintainers to |
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> stabilize a version that works well. We often just forget. |
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But maybe the person who maintains ebuild does not have enough time to |
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ensure that all QA requirements are met. E.g. installing (willingly) an |
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unstable package is not the same as installing a "stable" package that |
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in fact is not. |
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