On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 13:01:41 -0400 Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Zac Medico wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Brian Harring wrote: > > > >>Said single inheritance protection was added 06/05/06 (rev 3544), > >>stabled for x86 roughly 06/22/06. > >> > >>Hasn't even yet made it to a release media- meaning folk installing > >>from the most current release media still can get bit in the ass by > >>switching to an N parent from the get go. > > > > > > I'm not sure what the probability of people hurting themselves like > > this is. Perhaps it's a negligible corner case and a note in the > > upgrade guide will be enough to keep the vast majority of users on > > the right track. I'd hope that a user would be wise enough to read > > some docs prior to switching to a new profile with a potentially > > outdated version of portage. > > > > Damn your mail client ;) > > The past[1] has shown that users don't read docs. > > [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63400 And don't forget the "virtuals" bug. Remember the discussion about repo versioning? These are all use cases for it, so if a new profile format is getting introduced we should really implement that versioning support. Marius -- Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better.
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