sample Status file (update)

Status.skel (text/plain), 1.89 KB, created by George Shapovalov (RETIRED) on 2002-05-25 05:13:43 UTC

#This file is intended to be used for keeping trace of ebuild states/stability levels
#In comparision to mangling ebuild name this seems to be 
#easier to implement, more flexible, more extensibe (well, you got it :)) 
#way of doing things

#So the way this is supposed to work:
#This file lists all confirmations, approvals and other changes to ebuild status
#for every ebuild in the dir (one per line)
#
#file format:
#ebuild-name	confirmed_flag	approved_flag

#boolean switches like confirmed, approved take yes/no/core/unstable
#with core>yes>no>unstable

#for example gpc-2.1.ebuild having approved status will have:
2.1		yes		yes
#and gpc-2002533.ebuild (apparently fake date) with new status will have:
2002433	no		no

#function:
#ebuild not listed in this file automatically gets "no" to all entries
#thus effectively getting "new" status
#
#core in any position marks package as "core"
#nominally core should be present in approved column

#"unstable" in any position marks ebuild as unstable
#old masking functionality is maintained.

#It is possible to differentiate conf. and appr. columns, so that
#unstable in "approved" position will mask an ebuild 
#this can be used as an alternative to listing ebuild in package.mask

#These ebuild states are used in conjunction with the following flags 
#(defined in make.conf, overriden in command line)
#STABILITY_LEVEL={approved(yes,yes),approved_unconfirmed(no,yes),
#                confirmed(yes,no),all(no,no)}
#RSYNC_LEVEL={same as above, with "all" fetching unstable packages}
#parameters in brakets define minimum level at which ebuild is considered with
#such ordering: core>yes>no>unstabe
#thus core packages are visible always as well as approved ones
#while confirmed(yes,no) only at StabilityLevel="confirmed"
#note that even STABILITY_LEVEL="all" will ignore unstabble packages. 
#This is by design, to prevent especially unrestfull users from breaking their systems :)