[gentoo-dev] [RFC] Improve policy of stabilizations

2009-11-01 Thread Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
Some packages have new releases more than once a month and sometimes it's reasonable to not skip stabilization of any version. Given version of a package is usually no longer tested by users after release of a newer version, so I suggest the following change to the policy of stabilizations:

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Improve policy of stabilizations

2009-11-01 Thread Mart Raudsepp
On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 17:36 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: Some packages have new releases more than once a month and sometimes it's reasonable to not skip stabilization of any version. Given version of a package is usually no longer tested by users after release of a

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Improve policy of stabilizations

2009-11-01 Thread Richard Freeman
Mart Raudsepp wrote: Is it stated in any documentation that 30 days is a policy? Not that I'm aware of - it is a guideline as you indicate. However, don't expect anybody to actually take action on a STABLEREQ if there isn't some kind of rationale for going stable so quickly. The whole

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Improve policy of stabilizations

2009-11-01 Thread Petteri Räty
Richard Freeman wrote: Mart Raudsepp wrote: Is it stated in any documentation that 30 days is a policy? Not that I'm aware of - it is a guideline as you indicate. However, don't expect anybody to actually take action on a STABLEREQ if there isn't some kind of rationale for going stable