can't affect me as I am not into games ; but I have tried some on kde , they seems to work fine.
2017-11-19 20:17 GMT+00:00 R0b0t1 <r03...@gmail.com>: > Hello friends! > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 12:45 PM, Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> > wrote: > > 171119 James Le Cuirot wrote: > >> On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 08:50:20 -0500 > >> Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: > >>> 171118 David Seifert wrote: > >>>> As the Games team does not have enough manpower to keep tabs on all > >>>> games packages, we have dropped all games-* ebuilds to unstable > >>>> keywords (modulo those required by stable non-games packages). > >>> Isn't this overkill in the absence of widespread bug reports for games > ? > >>> 'Stable' doesn't mean well-maintained, > >>> but in the tree for some time & no serious bug reports. > >> There are plenty of bug reports for games. > > > > What percentage of games pkgs have bugs ? > > I too would like some clarification on the standards being used. > > > Marking all games 'unstable' still seems to be overkill. > > > > To add to this, it is unlikely the situation will improve until it is > made easier for people to contribute. If one is not aware there is a > tendency for Gentoo-related issues to receive blog posts addressing > them, or to be passed down via word of mouth on IRC, or to be hidden > in a hard-to-find (and/or index) page of the Wiki. > > The most likely explanation for this state of affairs is that getting > contributions accepted into the main tree is too hard. > > It is one thing to say that contributions to the main Portage tree > require some standards to be upheld, but these standards do not seem > to be applied consistently. For example, crossdev, genkernel, and the > bootstrap-prefix and bootstrap-rap scripts are more or less > unmaintainable disasters. Crossdev in particular oscillates between > periods of relative stability and extreme brokenness, and the > bootstrap scripts are poorly explained with no extant documentation > and a workflow that does not clearly fit into Gentoo (or more properly > Portage) development at large. Other ebuilds may simply install low > quality software, or install software that is hard to manage with > Portage. > > Respectfully, > R0b0t1 > >
