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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Reminder: ALLARCHES
From:       Mike Gilbert <floppym () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2016-05-04 12:06:01
Message-ID: CAJ0EP43Xx2dYaULxkk-fL2gDkNLxVmq1pyyRSKvmirtm54qZgA () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 12:46 AM, Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Having built many stages for an "unstable" arch (mips) has taught me
> one thing: it's awful being unstable-only. There's no end to the
> compilation failures and other such headaches, none of which have
> anything at all to do with the specific architecture.
>
> Short of adding a middle level ("stable, wink wink nudge nudge") where
> things at least compile, I think the current situation is actually
> significantly better than the alternative of dropping them to
> unstable.

In that case, "doing your job" would mean dropping stable keywords on
everything but the bare necessities, and refusing to stabilize
packages outside of that group without good cause.

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