On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:57:28 +0100 Gerold Strobel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > greetings to the list > > In my opinion it takes too long until a new version of a packet is > available in the stable portage tree. Current example: kopete > (kopete.sourceforge.net) 0.7.4 is available since 11/18/2003, yet > 0.7.3 is the latest marked stable. > > What's the procedure applied to test a package for stability? In general, before commiting we test that it compiles _and_ runs. If after two-four weeks after it's released in the ~arch tree there were no major bugs reported, it's moved to stable. > How can I help speed things up? Fix possible bugs and test packages with different useflags and even compiler instructions. We can't test all of them. > Is there an archive of this list? Where? http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel -- Markus -- Markus Nigbur Gentoo Developer http://www.gentoo.org
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