Martin,
On Thursday, 2020-04-30 17:20:08 -0000, you wrote:
> ...
> > >=app-crypt/tpm2-tss-2.2.3-r1 ~amd64
>
> Ah! That explains it.
>
> > But this only means that I accept an unstable package here, not that
> > these versions are regarded stable.
>
> It is stabe according to the local configuration on your system.
I STRONGLY beg to disagree! The "~amd64" notation is used to ACCEPT a
package even though it is (still) classified as UNSTABLE. And yes, the
"{isunstable}" property does in fact still return "True". Phrases like
the one above only try to conver-up sloppy programming, sloppy document-
ation, or both. If "{!isstable}" isn't equivalent to "{isunstable}",
there's a severe logical problem involved.
> What you look for is perhaps {wasstable} which returns the value
> according to the default configuration.
That property is indeed mentioned in "man eix" but never explained, like
plenty of other properties, too. Besides, in my book "was stable" sort
of means "is no longer stable", but again, that's most probaly not what
"{wasstable}" means in Eix-speak.
But apart from that: you helped me solve my problem, and I thank you for
that :-)
Sincerely,
Rainer
