Re: [arch-general] can you only test certain packages?

2010-05-21 Thread Caleb Cushing
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Thomas Bächler tho...@archlinux.org wrote: As far as I know, perl is alone in testing, so you should be in the clear. well it doesn't depend on anything but there are new perl-* packages that need to depend on it. I just don't feel like updating my kernel or

Re: [arch-general] can you only test certain packages?

2010-05-21 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 21.05.2010 15:18, schrieb Caleb Cushing: On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Thomas Bächler tho...@archlinux.org wrote: As far as I know, perl is alone in testing, so you should be in the clear. well it doesn't depend on anything but there are new perl-* packages that need to depend on it.

[arch-general] can you only test certain packages?

2010-05-20 Thread Caleb Cushing
I'm trying to help with the testing of perl 5.12 but I'd rather not test every package out there. Is it possible to block certain packages from being updated from testing? or only allow certain ones? maybe with a regex? obviously I don't wish to ban them globally. if they make it into a non

Re: [arch-general] can you only test certain packages?

2010-05-20 Thread Jim Pryor
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 01:29:41PM -0400, Caleb Cushing wrote: I'm trying to help with the testing of perl 5.12 but I'd rather not test every package out there. Is it possible to block certain packages from being updated from testing? or only allow certain ones? maybe with a regex? obviously I

Re: [arch-general] can you only test certain packages?

2010-05-20 Thread Jeroen Op 't Eynde
On Thu, 20 May 2010 23:26:22 +0200, Jim Pryor lists+arch-gene...@jimpryor.net wrote: On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 01:29:41PM -0400, Caleb Cushing wrote: I'm trying to help with the testing of perl 5.12 but I'd rather not test every package out there. Is it possible to block certain packages from

Re: [arch-general] can you only test certain packages?

2010-05-20 Thread Daenyth Blank
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 18:05, Jeroen Op 't Eynde jer...@xprsyrslf.be wrote: There is a number 3. 3. Add [testing] and do a pacman -Sy package-you-like. It will install the latest package from testing and its dependencies. Remove [testing] again and you can go on using your non-testing

Re: [arch-general] can you only test certain packages?

2010-05-20 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 18:04 -0400, Daenyth Blank wrote: On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 18:05, Jeroen Op 't Eynde jer...@xprsyrslf.be wrote: There is a number 3. 3. Add [testing] and do a pacman -Sy package-you-like. It will install the latest package from testing and its dependencies. Remove

Re: [arch-general] can you only test certain packages?

2010-05-20 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 20.05.2010 19:29, schrieb Caleb Cushing: I'm trying to help with the testing of perl 5.12 but I'd rather not test every package out there. Is it possible to block certain packages from being updated from testing? or only allow certain ones? maybe with a regex? obviously I don't wish to ban

Re: [arch-general] can you only test certain packages?

2010-05-20 Thread Jeroen Op 't Eynde
On Fri, 21 May 2010 00:21:12 +0200, Ng Oon-Ee ngoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 18:04 -0400, Daenyth Blank wrote: On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 18:05, Jeroen Op 't Eynde jer...@xprsyrslf.be wrote: There is a number 3. 3. Add [testing] and do a pacman -Sy package-you-like. It will

Re: [arch-general] can you only test certain packages?

2010-05-20 Thread Jim Pryor
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 06:04:42PM -0400, Daenyth Blank wrote: On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 18:05, Jeroen Op 't Eynde jer...@xprsyrslf.be wrote: There is a number 3. 3. Add [testing] and do a pacman -Sy package-you-like. It will install the latest package from testing and its dependencies.