On Wednesday 19 January 2005 15:51, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > Just because upstream thinks something is stable doesn't mean we do. > There are tons of possible interactions with most packages, and we have > to ensure that it works for our users.
Also when an ebuild is stable, that also means that the ebuild itself should be bugfree (i.e. everything should build and end up installed correctly, including all files in all cases) > All you really can do is file a bug. The truth is that sometimes we get > overwhelmed as developers. I know that I have bugs that I should have > fixed a long time ago, but when I have 20 minutes to work on Gentoo, I'm > more likely to work on something that is a high priority than a version > bump/stabilization request. Indeed, and allthough not an excuse, most developers run unstable, so they don't really notice when a package stays unstable too long. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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