Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable - suggestion for improvement

2007-01-06 Thread Andrey Gerasimenko
On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:24:58 +0300, David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:23:51 -0700 Steve Dibb wrote: I've been reading this thread as well as the earlier (July) threads (from gmane) and notice that everyone is discussing 30 days, automatic, and stabilization bugs.

RE: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable - suggestion for improvement

2007-01-05 Thread Daevid Vincent
This is a little upsetting to learn that effectively stability happens as an after thought. I used to run a hybrid of ~x86 and stable, but I've gotten so tired of seeing new package versions every day, I felt I was spending more time compiling to get the latest versions, than actually using my

Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable - suggestion for improvement

2007-01-05 Thread Steve Dibb
Daevid Vincent wrote: But as I read this thread, it seems that in effect, I won't really be getting a more stable system, I'll just be getting an older, out of date one, as nobody is actively monitoring packages and then flagging them as stable. :( The problem, like many other things, comes

Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable - suggestion for improvement

2007-01-05 Thread David Relson
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:23:51 -0700 Steve Dibb wrote: Daevid Vincent wrote: But as I read this thread, it seems that in effect, I won't really be getting a more stable system, I'll just be getting an older, out of date one, as nobody is actively monitoring packages and then flagging them