Zero-day bump requests

Zero-day bump requests
Suppose that you've eagerly been following an upstream project's schedule, and when you check their homepage, guess what? They just released a new version a few minutes ago! Most users would immediately rush over to Gentoo's Bugzilla to report the new version is available; please bump the existing version and add it to Portage, etc. However, this is exactly what you should not do. These kinds of requests are called zero-day (or 0-day) bump requests, as they are made the same day that a new version is released.

Why should you wait at least 48 hours?

 * 1) It is quite rude to demand that Gentoo developers drop everything they are doing just to add a new release that came out 15 minutes ago. Your zero-day bump request could be marked as INVALID or LATER, as developers have plenty of pressing issues to keep them busy.
 * 2) Developers are usually aware of pending new releases well in advance of users, as they must follow upstream quite closely. They already know a new version is on its way. In many cases, they will have already opened a bug, or might even already added it in Portage as a masked package.
 * 3) 48 hours is a short time: Assume the Gentoo developer knows about release from the first second, downloads the latest version right after work, makes some tests, has to fix something on the next day before uploading to the Gentoo tree. Finally the Gentoo mirrors take up to a day to synchronize.

Testing and requesting new versions of packages

 * 1) Search Bugzilla before posting a bump request - is there already a bug open? Has the local Portage tree been synced lately; is it already in Portage?
 * 2) Has it actually been released by upstream sources?
 * 3) Be sure to mention that it compiles and runs well on your arch. Any other helpful information you provide is most welcome.