[patch] hb-policy-ebuild.xml.patch

hb-policy-ebuild.xml.patch (text/plain), 1.35 KB, created by Peter Volkov (RETIRED) on 2010-05-17 09:08:16 UTC

Index: hb-policy-ebuild.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/devrel/handbook/hb-policy-ebuild.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -B -r1.23 hb-policy-ebuild.xml
--- hb-policy-ebuild.xml	1 Nov 2007 20:16:09 -0000	1.23
+++ hb-policy-ebuild.xml	17 May 2010 09:06:49 -0000
@@ -530,6 +530,20 @@
 updated package.mask does.
 </p>
 
+<note>
+In general unstable/development releases should be masked since such series are
+targeted on developers or power users who follow software development. This
+releases are not supposed for general consumption (distributions). But
+depending on which upstream we're dealing with things may be different and
+maintainer may decide to use such release. In such case, please, try to get in
+touch with upstream developers before pushing unstable/development versions
+into ~arch. Remember that quite often it's not hard and is highly desirable to
+backport required fixes into stable release instead of using
+unstable/development releases distribution wide. It's good practice to
+reference reasons to use unstable/development release in ChangeLog and/or
+ebuild itself.
+</note>
+
 <p>
 Great care must be taken any time a package is removed from <path>package.mask</path>.
 Keep in mind that if an ebuild is in <path>package.mask</path>, it's there for a reason.