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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Unstable packages on stable Gentoo
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2020 20:42:34
Message-Id: a3564462-109f-da9f-8d27-8a65023c3566@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Unstable packages on stable Gentoo by Consus
1 On 3/8/20 4:22 PM, Consus wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > Is it somehow possible to install unstable packages on stable Gentoo
5 > without manual unmasking? Say, package dev-util/perf does not have _any_
6 > stable ebuild, so IMO there is actually no point in manual unmasking,
7 > because user does not have any choice between stable/unstable.
8 >
9
10 Not really. You can always file a bug and ask the maintainers to
11 stabilize a version that works well. We often just forget.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Unstable packages on stable Gentoo Consus <consus@××××.net>