On Thu, 8 Aug 2013 15:02:55 -0400 Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Tom Wijsman <tom...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Package updates that break other packages is not an issue unique to > the stable tree - we just have less tolerance for it there. If > libfoo-5 breaks stable systemd, then there needs to be coordination, > just as is the case if libfoo-5 breaks stable xeyes or openoffice. These are libraries; I don't see a direct problem, so I guess this logic applies to a package like OpenRC or systemd as well. Good point. > Usually in these situations things get straightened out and we're > usually the better for it because such incompatibilities tend to be > the result of brain-dead behavior in one upstream or the other. If it > can't be straightened out then sometimes we accept blocking deps/etc. Oh, right, I forgot [1] about the possibility to block and stabilize with the blocker; I wish I hadn't posted the "stabilize package combos" thread now, but well, maybe some good thoughts could evolve from it. Thank you for bringing this up! [1]: ... and want to blame my two weeks of absence ... :) -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
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