begin quote On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 17:33:23 +0100 Sven Vermeulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > With thanks to Alastair Tse I've updated the Gentoo Policy with a more > verbose explanation on the use of ~arch versus package.mask. > > The change will be online with the next webserver sync and is made at > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/policy.xml#doc_chap4_sect3 > > The sentence > > This is not the equivalent of "testing" or "unstable" in other > distributions. > > has been replaced with > > There is a difference between using package.mask and ~arch for > ebuilds. The use of ~arch denotes an ebuild requires testing. > The use of package.mask denotes that the application or library > itself is deemed unstable. For example, if gimp-1.2.0 is the > stable release from Gimp developers, and a new bug fix release > is available as 1.2.1, then a developer should mark the ebuild > as ~arch for testing in portage because the release is deemed to > be stable. In another example, if Gimp decides to release an > unstable/development series marked as 1.3.0, then these ebuilds > should be put in package.mask because the software itself is of > development quality and is not recommended by the developers for > distribution. > > I know it's not my habit of telling gentoo-dev when documentation is > updated, but for updates on the policy I will try to do make a habit > out of it. > YES! FINALLY! WOO hooo. Maybe this means that we will once again be able to get rid of the <censored> that litter our systems with requests for gnome 2.5 , evo 1.5 and other more or less broken packages as ~arch. Thanks, much appreciated. //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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