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Bug 288168 - A way to easily state that a version of a package works with a stable system (x86, amd64, ...)
Summary: A way to easily state that a version of a package works with a stable system ...
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Portage Development
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Core - Ebuild Support (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Portage team
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Reported: 2009-10-08 09:10 UTC by Arne Babenhauserheide
Modified: 2009-10-08 18:49 UTC (History)
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Description Arne Babenhauserheide 2009-10-08 09:10:22 UTC
Currently to file a stablereq, I have to first do a search for the package (to see outstanding bugs), then to go to bugs.gentoo.org (or use pybugz) and then enter the stablereq. 

I run a mostly stable system, though, and I get testing packages only through putting them in package.keywords. That way I regularly get packages which aren't marked stable but work flawlessly in an otherwise stable system, so they'd be candidates for stabilization. 

Testing a small package currently often takes less time than filing a stable request (especially because the testing can be done while using the package). 

What I'd now love to have is a way to say "the package in version x works for me" (or "no bugs visible for me"). Once several people on an arch do that and there are no more pending bugs for the package + version, a stablereq for that arch could be filed. 

That way I could help narrowing the gap between testing and stable systems without too much effort. 

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-10-08 10:46:33 UTC
Please discuss it on gentoo-dev mailing list.
http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/lists.xml
Comment 2 Arne Babenhauserheide 2009-10-08 13:44:13 UTC
I'm not on that list, but I guess that means, it's being discussed. 

Thanks for the info! 
Comment 3 Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-10-08 13:46:56 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> I'm not on that list, but I guess that means, it's being discussed. 
> 
> Thanks for the info! 
> 

It means you should describe there and start a discussion about that.
Comment 4 Arne Babenhauserheide 2009-10-08 14:19:32 UTC
Then it will have to wait one and a half months - I can't currently subscribe to another mailinglist with my exams coming up. 
Comment 5 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-10-08 18:49:02 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> Then it will have to wait one and a half months - I can't currently subscribe
> to another mailinglist with my exams coming up. 

You don't need to read e-mails from other threads :) .