Hi all, With thanks to Alastair Tse I've updated the Gentoo Policy with a more verbose explanation on the use of ~arch versus package.mask.
The change will be online with the next webserver sync and is made at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/policy.xml#doc_chap4_sect3 The sentence This is not the equivalent of "testing" or "unstable" in other distributions. has been replaced with There is a difference between using package.mask and ~arch for ebuilds. The use of ~arch denotes an ebuild requires testing. The use of package.mask denotes that the application or library itself is deemed unstable. For example, if gimp-1.2.0 is the stable release from Gimp developers, and a new bug fix release is available as 1.2.1, then a developer should mark the ebuild as ~arch for testing in portage because the release is deemed to be stable. In another example, if Gimp decides to release an unstable/development series marked as 1.3.0, then these ebuilds should be put in package.mask because the software itself is of development quality and is not recommended by the developers for distribution. I know it's not my habit of telling gentoo-dev when documentation is updated, but for updates on the policy I will try to do make a habit out of it. Wkr, Sven Vermeulen -- / / / / Sven Vermeulen Gentoo Documentation & PR / / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / / Goodnight Dana, may you find peace where you are now.
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