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Bug 98307

Summary: Lazy mask message - put something descriptive or don't mask at all!
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: David Grant <davidgrant>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) <flameeyes>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description David Grant 2005-07-07 23:29:31 UTC
sonata david # emerge -vp =media-sound/amarok-1.3_beta2

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies   
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=media-sound/amarok-1.3_beta2" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- media-sound/amarok-1.3_beta2 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86 keyword)
# Diego Pettenò <flameeyes@gentoo.org> (27 Jun 2005)
# Mask all 1.3_beta versions.
Comment 1 David Grant 2005-07-07 23:29:31 UTC
sonata david # emerge -vp =media-sound/amarok-1.3_beta2

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies   
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=media-sound/amarok-1.3_beta2" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- media-sound/amarok-1.3_beta2 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86 keyword)
# Diego Pettenò <flameeyes@gentoo.org> (27 Jun 2005)
# Mask all 1.3_beta versions.
Comment 2 David Grant 2005-07-07 23:30:13 UTC
There are no serious bugs for the 1.3 betas and this mask comment tells me nothing.
Comment 3 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-07-08 02:00:03 UTC
I've improved the message. 
 
amarok beta versions are known to have problems usually, and their bugs are 
addressed directly upstream. 
Having an unmasked amarok beta in portage would require us to manage the 
eventual bugs which can be already fixed upstream for stable version, probably 
resolving most of them with RESOLVED UPSTREAM. 
 
I've changed the masking message, but amarok-1.3_beta* will remain masked, 
until 1.3 final is out.