On Sun, Mar 08, 2020 at 04:42:20PM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 3/8/20 4:22 PM, Consus wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is it somehow possible to install unstable packages on stable Gentoo > > without manual unmasking? Say, package dev-util/perf does not have _any_ > > stable ebuild, so IMO there is actually no point in manual unmasking, > > because user does not have any choice between stable/unstable. > > > > Not really. You can always file a bug and ask the maintainers to > stabilize a version that works well. We often just forget.
But maybe the person who maintains ebuild does not have enough time to ensure that all QA requirements are met. E.g. installing (willingly) an unstable package is not the same as installing a "stable" package that in fact is not.
