Hey Spider, On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:07:58 +0200 Spider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> begin quote > > > So is "stable" what the gentoo devs consider stable, or what the > > software package developers consider stable? > > This is decided on a case-to-case basis, And the goal of the developers > is to provide as smooth updates as possible with as little disruption as > possible. > > > I point to > > gimp-print-4.3.18 which is a development version (4.2.something is the > > current stable) . > > However, since all packages do this a bit differently it is a floating > thing. (xcdroast only has alpha and beta release, where the alpha is > more stable and 2 years younger than the last beta, and is the only one > thats actually compatible-..... So, Alpha is stable? ;) > Yeah, of course. But I have to make a judgement about whether to do what "emerge -pu world" is telling me. gimp-print is not xcdroast and has an active "stable" and "development" release versions. When I go and have a look at the 4.3.18 page it clearly states "this is unstable, buyer beware!" cheers, Jono. > > > I know this isn't really a critical thing in this > > instance (though I wouldn't like my printing to stop working), it's > > just I'm starting to try and take back control of what goes onto my > > systems. I think "gentoo is great" (tm) but it's a bit of a moving > > target and becomes "Ahem, not so great" (tm) when something breaks and > > I spend a day (or more) trying to find out what broke. > > This is what we try to get around and avoid. In cases where breakage > "has to happen" we try to work around it anyhow (gcc-config, multiple > LIB, Block, revdep-rebuild ) and where that isn't possible we have to > "fall back" to educating users into reading documentation (ever noticed > that some packages tell you things about themselves? ) > > > //Spider > > > -- > begin .signature > This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! > See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. > end > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
