W dniu 02.02.2011 08:59, Nikos Chantziaras pisze: > It seems that KDE 4.6 is still hard-masked for x86 and amd64 because > it's waiting for ppc and ppc64 keywords. I believe it would be > beneficial for people if they wouldn't have to wait for arches that > don't affect them at all. > > It seems better if the packages can be unmasked for x86 and amd64 and > only kept hard-masked for ppc/ppc64 while they wait for keywords. > Otherwise, all arches will feel the effect of the slowest one without > there being a need for this. > > I don't know what gave you the idea that ppc* has anything to do with masking/unmasking of KDE-4.6. Just 2 facts: 1) you can unmask anything by using /etc/portage/package.unmask, therefore nothing can ever hold *you* back 2) arches already have independent package.mask files, see ${PORTDIR}/profiles/arch/powerpc/package.mask for an example.
Best regards, Kacper Kowalik
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