On Sat, 4 Mar 2017 16:37:13 +0000 Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.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... :)