On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:57:28 +0100
Gerold Strobel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> 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.
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> 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

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Markus Nigbur
Gentoo Developer
http://www.gentoo.org

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