Re: [gentoo-user] Why portage demands to unmask an unstable version of the package?

[Gevisz]

On Sat, 4 Mar 2017 16:37:13 +0000 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Mar 2017 18:21:23 +0200, gevisz wrote:
>
> > $ eix gvim
> > [I] app-editors/gvim
> >      Available versions:  8.0.0106 ~8.0.0386 **9999 {acl aqua cscope
> > debug gnome gtk gtk3 lua luajit motif neXt netbeans nls perl python
> > racket ruby selinux session tcl PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4
> > python3_5 python3_6"}
> >      Installed versions:  8.0.0106(05:36:17 PM 12/11/2016)(acl gtk
> > python session -aqua -cscope -debug -gnome -gtk3 -lua -luajit -motif
> > -neXt -netbeans -nls -perl -racket -ruby -selinux -tcl
> > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 -python3_5")
> >      Homepage:            http://www.vim.org/ https://github.com/vim/vim
> >      Description:         GUI version of the Vim text editor
> >
> > So, in my portage tree currently there is one stable gvim package with
> > version  8.0.0106
> > and one unstable gvim package, with version 8.0.0386.
> >
> > Why portage force me to unmask an unstable version of the package then?
> >
> > # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=90 --ask
> > world --exclude chromiumg
> >
> > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> > [ebuild     U  ] app-editors/vim-8.0.0386 [8.0.0106]
> > PYTHON_TARGETS="(-python3_6)"
> > [ebuild  NS    ] virtual/libusb-0-r2 [1-r2] ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)"
> > [ebuild     U  ] app-vim/gentoo-syntax-20170225 [20160530]
> > [ebuild     U ~] app-editors/gvim-8.0.0386 [8.0.0106]
>
> Because vim-8.0.0386 is stable and, presumably, the vim and gvim versions
> must match.

Probably, you are right.

But why to mark vim-8.0.0386 being stable, before gvim-8.0.0386?

> I would suggest filing a stabilisation bug for gvim,

As later replies suggest, it is already done.

My thanks to all who replied.

> or just use emacs...

:)