Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org>:
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> How do you disagree with users keywording that package *not* running the latest version?
> Further, if they are on a stable system running it as keyworded... They know how to unmask <3 if they want to use the Py2 only version.
I don't have any insight on policy and won't venture any opinion, but perhaps I can showcase my user experience:
I run -python2_7 and use stable sys-boot/refind -- it was quite the surprise to see a mask and 30-days-to-removal on my boot manager for a (unused) optional dep.
thanks,
Christian
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> How do you disagree with users keywording that package *not* running the latest version?
> Further, if they are on a stable system running it as keyworded... They know how to unmask <3 if they want to use the Py2 only version.
I don't have any insight on policy and won't venture any opinion, but perhaps I can showcase my user experience:
I run -python2_7 and use stable sys-boot/refind -- it was quite the surprise to see a mask and 30-days-to-removal on my boot manager for a (unused) optional dep.
thanks,
Christian