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List:       gentoo-desktop
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-desktop] Why is kde 3.1 masked for testing?
From:       Robert Cole <robert.cole () support4linux ! com>
Date:       2003-01-29 0:40:54
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It's not masked. It was unmasked and available when I started the download 
last night around 11:30pm PST before any announcements were even posted on 
the web. :)

emerge rsync bud. :)

On Tuesday 28 January 2003 03:39 pm, Ricardo Loureiro wrote:
> Hi,
>
> According to the announce, kde 3.1 ebuilds are masked testing for x86 and
> ppc. I'm wondering, why is this mask? If the release is considered stable
> by the developers what is the reason for the mask in gentoo? Is it because
> the ebuilds are very new and the mask is because of the ebuilds?
>
> Also, I don't understand why both versions stay installed by default. I
> agree that some ppl may want to emerge both and try to see wich one they
> like best, but I think that represent a small amount of kde users who
> probably are already using the release candidates =) Imho, the default
> behaviour would be to replace kde 3.0.* and if the user wanted to try both,
> he could do that.
>
> Please don't get me wrong, i'm not argueing about it, I just would like
> some feedback so I could understand what guidelines are currently used by
> Gentoo developers. I'm absolutely fine with them and it's just really a
> curiosity.
>
> Best regards
> --
> Ricardo Loureiro
>
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