Alan McKinnon wrote:
On Tuesday 02 February 2010 23:37:33 Philip Webb wrote:
100202 Alan McKinnon wrote:
The list of benefits from using latest unstable portage is very long.
Portage is self-contained, unmasking it doesn't contaminate the system
with legions of other unstable $STUFF
So why has it continued to be marked 'unstable' for so long ?
I have no idea. You should ask Zac.
There's an entry in packages.mask about wanting user test feedback, that
doesn't say much. It especially says nothing about the quality of the stable
vs unstable code bases
I read on -dev that they want the older version tested more. I'm not
sure why since it seems most people have just unmasked the newer version
and moved on. It's not like the older version is better or anything. ;-)
In my opinion, the old portage was good, the new one is even better.
Now if the next version will prevent a person from borking their system,
that would be heaven. lol You know, unmerge python and see what
happens. Yes, you can still unmerge python, even the only version you
have left, and portage not say a darn thing. It kills the heck out of
portage tho.
Dale
:-) :-)
