Hi Andrew,
On 30.08.2016 14:39, Andrew Lowe wrote:
> On 30/08/16 19:27, Mario Emmenlauer wrote:
>>
>> Hi Alexey!
>>
>> On 30.08.2016 13:06, Alexpux wrote:
>> Who decides what is stable? From my eyes, the most important would
>> be that all packages in "stable" actually compile against each other :-)
>> Currently in trunk there are many packages that do not compile with
>> the gcc from trunk. That makes it harder for people to get started :-)
>>
>> But that's just my thinking, what do other say?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mario
>
> I use Gentoo Linux which has both a stable and unstable branch. It
> might be worth checking out their definition as to what stable and
> unstable is.
I think it might be hard to compare MSYS2 to major Linux distributions.
The latter usually have more manpower, resources, and user base. So its
likely that they have significantly more testing and development before
a package is considered "stable".
I also assume that MSYS2 users are a bit more open to minor obstacles,
since this is not the most "standard" way to compile for Windows.
My personal goal of having "stable" would be that all "stable" packages
compile against themselves, so users should at all times be able to
make source compiles. Currently this isn't possible. In that sense, I
think currently MSYS2 compares more to Debian "unstable", and I would
prefer to have something that compares to Debian "testing". Maybe that
is anyways the better naming scheme to adopt, "unstable" and "testing"?
And I'd love if MSYS2 gets a "stable" when its ready :-)
But again, that's just me.
Cheers,
Mario
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