On Sep 21, 2011 9:13 PM, "Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike)" < klond...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Well deprecated version removal tends to happen because we are not going > to aim for those versions stabilization AND there is a newer version > available AND upstream tends to ignore bugs happening on older versions. >
Aha, thanks for the explanation. I do agree with the stance to not push for stabilization if older versions will not be supported by upstream. However, since -r13 is by definition 5 revisions later than -r8, and to the best of my knowledge has no show-stopping bugs (at least, none on my systems -- touch wood!), IMHO -r13 shouldn't be removed. Just remove the intermediate revisions. Especially since going from 2.6.x to 3.x exposed a LOT of package breakages (e.g., packages hard-coded to expect exactly /^2\.6/), I'm still not comfortable enough using 3.x. Maybe later in December. > What this means for you is that we are not going to force you to upgrade > but if something fails you are in your own ;) > Fair enough. But now I have to do additional acrobatics for new systems ;-) > PS: Next time come by #gentoo-hardened we won't bite you, I promise ;) > Proomiiiise...? (in the voice of a little girl) :-D Rgds,
