On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:04:12 +0300, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can understand that when the package is rather new it needs more > testing. But there some examples when I'm sure this ~x86 flag is > unnecessary. More it even leave buggy applications as stable for gentoo > while fixed applications are marked ~.
I made this point (or something along those lines anyway) with regards to the PEAR modules (they're "just" PHP scripts, so in theory shouldn't really break anything). It doesn't make much difference though, stuff still stays masked for X days from what I've seen/heard. The only way round it is to either: 1. Unmask the package (there is plenty of documentation on how to do this) 2. Write your own ebuilds and keep them up to date (which is usually what I do for PEAR stuff) using portage overlay to be able to emerge them normally 3. Become a dev, setup loads of test machines and unmask stuff yourself Paul -- Rogue Tory www.roguetory.org.uk -- [email protected] mailing list
