Am Montag, 21. Mai 2012, 10:54:08 schrieb Mark Knecht: > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoar...@gentoo.org> > wrote: <SNIP> > > >> if you use testing, you have to deal with such kind of situations. > >> Using a known broken version is just stupid. There isn't a choice > >> between those two. There is only a choice between: use unstable or > >> stable. And if you use unstable, don't complain about things being > >> fluid. > > Typical Volker. Not worth a response. > > > - From what I can tell, he is not using ~amd64 (testing). He uses a > > mixed system (stable with a few packages in package.keywords) which > > sometimes is even worse :) > > That's it precisely. All my systems are 'stable' as best they can be. > The only things that are more or less permanently testing are portage > & eix. After that the only entries in package.keywords are specific > applications or _very_ targeted things that address hardware issues. > (Virtualbox, VMWare Player, nvidia-drivers) That's it. In general, the > only reason ANYTHING goes in package.keywords is to address a > temporary package problem, and typically they aren't there that long. > For instance, if say Virtualbox had a problem I might keyword it for a > month or two to get a new release that fixes the problem. After that > version goes stable I remove the keyword entry and am running the same > version I've been running. My keyword file is currently only about 12 > lines. > > In the case of skype there was no stable version to use. Everything is > marked as testing. > > While I agree that the emulation libraries are probably low risk I > don't want to add 8 new things to package.keywords. It's just not the > way I work here. > > > The best way to deal with your problem (and avoid seeing your > > package.keywords getting bigger and bigger) is to grab -r1, mark it > > stable, put it in your local overlay and keep using that indefinitely. > > Yeah, most likely the best medium-term solution although what I've > done for now is emerge -C skype. > > > - -- > > Regards, > > Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2 > > Thanks Markos! I really appreciate your inputs as well as all the work > you guys do. We don't say thanks enough. > > (Ugh Volker. Keep the attitude to yourself dude) ;-( >
which attitude? you are the one using a testing package - and then contemplates to use a KNOWN BAD version for no good reason at all. And then YOU call me out? Please... -- #163933
