On Fri, 5 May 2006 13:20:09 +0200 Carsten Lohrke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 05 May 2006 08:32, Kevin F. Quinn (Gentoo) wrote: > > If you use specific versions in the package.keywords file (i.e. do > > "=category/package-version-revision ~arch" instead of > > "category/package ~arch", this doesn't happen. > > Hardcoding specific ~arch versions or revisions unless absolutely > needed is a bad idea. Remember that we don't do GLSA's for testing > stuff. If bleeding edge, then bleeding edge. I disagree. Your argument is for not using ~arch at all, rather than an argument against keeping control of what you have from ~arch. If I want something from ~arch, it's for one of two reasons: 1) There's a feature/fix that I need now 2) I want to try out a new version of something for fun I certainly don't want to take everything from ~arch; that way leads to regular system instability. In practice, I tend to do: =category/package-version* ~arch so that I pick up -rN bumps on unstable versions as this should mean that the maintainer considers the change necessary for users of that version. -- Kevin F. Quinn
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