On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 12:37:57AM +0200, Martin Costabel wrote: > Daniel Macks wrote: > [] > >> Keeping a pre-pangocairo/stable tree alongside a pangocairo/unstable > >> tree will not work, either. How could we then move packages from > >> unstable to stable? > > > > Mixing stable and unstable (i.e., using older "stable" packages once > > one has started using "unstable", or cherry-picking just a few > > unstables into a stable system) has never really been supported and > > definitely never expected to really work well. > > Right. Just to avoid misunderstandings: I was not talking about what a > user should do, I addressed what should happen on the cvs *server*. The > point I try to make is that the current stable tree will have to die and > be replaced by the content of unstable-pangocairo-branch when this is > merged back into the main branch. Keeping the stable tree and letting it > fall further behind, which will be greatly accelerated with the > pangaocairo deployment, would be a fatal mistake.
Ah, okay then. I concur that moving existing unstable to stable just before moving pangocairo/unstable to unstable sounds like a good idea. dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
