Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable - suggestion for improvement

2007-01-06 Thread Andrey Gerasimenko
On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:24:58 +0300, David Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:23:51 -0700 Steve Dibb wrote: I've been reading this thread as well as the earlier (July) threads (from gmane) and notice that everyone is discussing "30 days", "automatic", and "stabilization

Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable - suggestion for improvement

2007-01-05 Thread David Relson
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:23:51 -0700 Steve Dibb wrote: > Daevid Vincent wrote: > > But as I read this thread, it seems that in effect, I won't really > > be getting a more stable system, I'll just be getting an older, out > > of date one, as nobody is actively monitoring packages and then > > flaggi

Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable - suggestion for improvement

2007-01-05 Thread Steve Dibb
Daevid Vincent wrote: But as I read this thread, it seems that in effect, I won't really be getting a more stable system, I'll just be getting an older, out of date one, as nobody is actively monitoring packages and then flagging them as stable. :( The problem, like many other things, comes d

RE: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable - suggestion for improvement

2007-01-05 Thread Daevid Vincent
This is a little upsetting to learn that effectively "stability" happens as an after thought. I used to run a hybrid of ~x86 and stable, but I've gotten so tired of seeing new package versions every day, I felt I was spending more time compiling to get the latest versions, than actually using my

Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable

2007-01-05 Thread Steve Dibb
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: This is interesting stuff that I didn't know. So if I've been using KDevelop 3.3.2 forever because 3.3.3, 3.3.4, and 3.3.5 are all ~x86, it's not necessarily because 3.3.5 is broken, just that nobody's certified it? How does this happen? KDevelop is a pretty big beast, an

Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable

2007-01-05 Thread Robert Cernansky
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:33:31 -0700 Steve Dibb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: > > On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:49:30 +0300, Robert Cernansky > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:49:48 -0700 Steve Dibb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Most stuff doesnt g

Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable

2007-01-05 Thread Steve Dibb
Robert Cernansky wrote: On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:49:48 -0700 Steve Dibb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: Looking at the Portage tree, I see that some packages are kept ~x86 for long time without any bugs referenced in the changelog or Bugzilla. How are they being made stable

Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable

2007-01-05 Thread Robert Cernansky
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:04:26 +0300 Andrey Gerasimenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the threads. My impression is that the way stabilization > works should be described in a place of high visibility, at least in > the FAQ. I beleive this question will be asked again and again if > new us

Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable

2007-01-05 Thread Andrey Gerasimenko
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:49:30 +0300, Robert Cernansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:49:48 -0700 Steve Dibb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: > Looking at the Portage tree, I see that some packages are kept ~x86 > for long time without any bugs referenced

Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable

2007-01-05 Thread Robert Cernansky
On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:49:48 -0700 Steve Dibb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: > > Looking at the Portage tree, I see that some packages are kept ~x86 > > for long time without any bugs referenced in the changelog or > > Bugzilla. How are they being made stable (or where in

Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable

2007-01-04 Thread Steve Dibb
Steve Dibb wrote: Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: Looking at the Portage tree, I see that some packages are kept ~x86 for long time without any bugs referenced in the changelog or Bugzilla. How are they being made stable (or where in the docs is the process described)? They need to be in the tree f

Re: [gentoo-user] How packages are made stable

2007-01-04 Thread Steve Dibb
Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: Looking at the Portage tree, I see that some packages are kept ~x86 for long time without any bugs referenced in the changelog or Bugzilla. How are they being made stable (or where in the docs is the process described)? They need to be in the tree for at least 30 days

[gentoo-user] How packages are made stable

2007-01-04 Thread Andrey Gerasimenko
Looking at the Portage tree, I see that some packages are kept ~x86 for long time without any bugs referenced in the changelog or Bugzilla. How are they being made stable (or where in the docs is the process described)? -- Andrei Gerasimenko -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list