On 12/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just started running with ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" in /etc/make.conf > and decided to let the chips fall where they may. At least I don't > have to fiddle around with a mixture of stable and masked. > I doubt that above would be seen as very good plan by many though.
I guess this depends on your reasons for going ~x86. If it is to avoid compiling, well, that is a bad reason, because ~x86 packages are updated much more frequently than the stable ebuilds. This is the nature of testing ebuilds...find a bug, fix the bug, release a new -rX. Not every ~x86 ebuild makes it to stable. On the other hand, I run ~x86 as I consider it my "duty" as a Gentoo user. Testing the builds on my system is my (relatively small) way of contributing something back. It is the same reason that I now at least boot every -rc kernel. Of course, I make frequent backups! On those rare instances where I do find a bug, I report it, hopefully with enough information to get it fixed. Usually it has already been reported by someone else though. But I say if you learn to use /etc/portage/package.mask appropriately, and are willing to do the testing, then do it. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
