2018-07-26 15:01 GMT+03:00 Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org>: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 6:44 AM Grand Duet <grand.d...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Before switching python_targets for the first time, you could use your >> news system to inform Gentoo users that >> 1) you are switching python_targets >> 2) it may be "a bit premature", > > If anybody thought that it was a bit premature it wouldn't have been > done at all.
It is exactly what is bad: nobody expects any troubles where they definitely should be! Anyway, it is a good idea to write a news on changing python_targets and major version of gcc, even if no developper expects any troubles, because we already know their predictive (dis)ability. :) >> and so, those who really want to have a stable Gentoo system should >> 1) do such and such changes to their config files and >> 2) wait about 3 months untill all the dust will settle. > > Did this even impact the stable branch? Yes. > If you want stable Gentoo, you probably shouldn't have edited make.conf > to set your keywords to ~arch. I did not. Moreover, currently I have no single unstable package installed on my system. >> P.S. The said above together with the recent Gentoo signing key issue >> and sometimes "corrupted" daily portage snapshots that I download by >> emerge-webrsync make me think that even so called "stable" Gentoo >> lacks quality control and cannot be considered as stable and suted for >> those that really need a stable system. > > Well, most people stick with RHEL/CentOS or Debian Stable for that > kind of experience, where changes only happen on releases with > significant QA, and backporting of fixes. That simply isn't the kind > of experience Gentoo aims to deliver. It is sad to hear. Actually, I don't want to change the Linux distro. A bit more "due diligence" from Gentoo devs will be enough. :) May be, adding some additional "almost stable" level between "stable" and "unstable" one to make "stable" stable indeed? In any case, if I will leave Gentoo, it will be in favour of some BSD, not a Linux disro.
