On 07/22/2013 12:22 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:16 PM, hasufell <hasuf...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> pros: >> - consistency of tree quality does not apply to p.mask'd packages
>> - less user confusion (the checksum failures alone get us a lot of bugs >> every release without people realizing what it means...) and people >> expect packages to work in the tree maybe >> - less bugs no one can do anything about does not apply >> - easier contribution of users in an overlay, testing of hacks or other >> stuff to make it work does not apply >> - making clear that gentoo does not support software with such low QA does not apply >> - making clear that this software is experimental applies >> > > Half of those apply also to p.mask'd packages as Duncan pointed out. Maybe > even more than half. > >