On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 06:33:21PM -0500, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 12/20/2017 02:41 PM, Virgil Dupras wrote: > > > > Maybe some kind of official overlay for packages needing love? We > > could send outdated packages there to die or to be born again if the > > right person picks it up. > > > > The overlay could have more relaxed rules (not malicious and looking > > good? no need to test this, merge!) for PR merging. If the package > > degrades through bad PRs, fine, let's let it die. If it improves, > > good, it can be born again. > > > > ... > > > > (my apologies if this idea is not new, I haven't been following the > > ML for very long.) > > It's not a bad idea, but personally I'd like to see it as a third level > of stability in the tree for users to opt into with ACCEPT_KEYWORDS.
There already is an overlay for dying packages, it is called graveyard, but no one is putting things there. This email conflates old dying packages with new versions, which are a completely separate issue. If a new version of a package is known to cause wide scale breakage, it goes in package.mask until the breakage is resolved. Otherwise, putting it in ~ is fine. I don't see the need for another level of keywords. William
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