Handbook Talk:AMD64/Portage/Branches

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Small fixes

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This discussion is done as of April 20th, 2014.
  • In the sentence "Support requests related to package.unmask and/or package.mask might not be answered." the Path template should be used for the parts in bold.
  • Same for "When a package has been masked by the Gentoo developers, yet despite the reason mentioned in the package.mask file"

Fturco (talk) 12:06, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, updated. --SwifT (talk) 16:19, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

"~amd64" missing in examples

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The examples shown in Handbook:AMD64/Portage/Branches#Mixing_stable_with_testing should include the ~arch information.--Charles17 (talk) 09:01, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

I have just reworked the stable and testing sections and believe this request is now resolved. See Special:Diff/1026216/1169681 for the changes. --Maffblaster (talk) 08:44, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Minor grammar mistake

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This discussion is done as of 2024-05-11.

In the red warning text, I think "a other" should be changed to "another". --Dhirsbrunner (talk) 02:08, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

It's in section Testing.
— Waldo Lemmer 06:36, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
Fixed in Special:Diff/1272592/1298201, thanks!
--csfore (talk) 20:33, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Suggested changes

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This discussion is done as of 2024-10-18.

General suggestion: It might be useful to have some brief introductory text explaining the concept of a 'branch' in the context of Portage.

"Stable" section

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For less risk of instability or other issues, it's recommended that users should stay on the stable software branch in general, and only allow testing versions of packages on a case-by-case basis - refer to the "Mixing stable with testing" section below.

"Testing" section

Suggest removing the phrase "Hic sunt dracones!" from the Warning, as it seems unnecessary; at the very least, it should be rendered as "Here be dragons", rather than expecting readers to know Latin / Latin phrases.

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As noted above, it is recommended that users stay with the stable, more thoroughly tested branch.
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and performing a @world update

"Masked packages" section

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Gentoo developers mask packages for good reason. Therefore, unmasking a package is generally not supported by Gentoo's support channels, and support requests related to package.unmask and/or package.mask are likely to be ignored or marked as WONTFIX. Please exercise due caution when unmasking packages.
Proposed changes - Please make edits here until a final revision is agreed upon.

When attempting to install the package, Portage will output a message indicating the package has been masked, together with (usually) the reason why.

Suggest removing the phrase "(poor doggy!)", as it seems unnecessary.

Thanks! Added in Special:Diff/1298201/1316653
--csfore (talk) 23:11, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
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