On Tuesday 10 February 2004 6:02 pm, Kurt V. Hindenburg wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 February 2004 11:42 am, Jani-Matti H�tinen wrote:
> | Kurt V. Hindenburg kirjoitti (sunnuntai, 8. helmikuuta 2004 23:07):
> | > It should not have been made stable if there is a chance of
> | > screwing up the entire portage system such that it will not
> | > work...
> |
> | So, in other words no version of portage should ever be marked
> | stable. Writing a piece of software that doesn't just work
>
> Only for software like sys-apps/portage.  If portage is broken, then
> the entire gentoo/portage is borked.  I think it is not asking too
> much that sys-apps/portage be handled with extra caution when marking
> it stable.

Well if portage is broken you see the problem at once. But if the application 
you just emerged has a security hole you may not know until after your system 
and data has been totally destroyed. 
We all want perfect bug free software, but I am greatfull for the high quality 
that we do get.

David

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