Richard Freeman wrote: > Can you clarify this? What scenarios do you run into where it isn't > good for stable users to have access to more than one version of the > software?
- Security issues. - "Downgrade to hell" scenarios - Other colorful issues that may happen from time to time. > > One thing that I noticed is that in many cases there are multiple > testing versions of a package available, and one stable version. So, if > you run unstable you can pick and choose, but if you're running stable > (which in theory should be the target audience gentoo aims for) then you > get your choice of only one. The stable one is supposed to be the best available, the ~ ones are supposed to be "in flux" > > I tend to think that unless something unusual is going on that old > packages should be kept around for a while (a few weeks at least). Happens more than often =) > Others have pointed out that inflexible rules aren't always the answer. > I'd agree in general, but there should be guidelines. Maybe certain > packages shouldn't have multiple stable versions to choose from. But > when "certain packages" becomes 80% of them then I'd wonder if there > really is a good reason for this... Keep in mind that the trade off is : - our time - our sanity - what provide to our used - the quality of what we provide to out users. We all try our best to not burn out while serving you the best we could think. lu -- Luca Barbato Gentoo/linux Gentoo/PPC http://dev.gentoo.org/~lu_zero -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
