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| author |   Pawel Hajdan jr <phajdan.jr@gentoo.org> | 2010-03-14 11:32:12 +0100 |
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| committer |   Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@gentoo.org> | 2010-03-14 14:36:10 +0200 |
| commit | 6cc24b2dabd9076873b8a2b96a33c8e302047501 (patch) | |
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| parent | Add myself to contributors (diff) | |
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Make it clear that modifying stable ebuilds should be avoided.
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diff --git a/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml b/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml index 8080ef2..9ddc39f 100644 --- a/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml @@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ not affect the installed package for users who already managed to compile it. Small documentation fixes are also usually not grounds for a new revision. </p> +<important> +For ebuilds marked stable on at least one arch, only trivial edits can be made +without a bump (e.g. typo fixes in elog messages). Even simple changes may +result in a breakage. <b>Modifying stable ebuilds should be avoided.</b> +</important> + <p> When doing a revision bump, the usual rules about dropping to <c>~arch</c> apply. See <uri link="::keywording#Keywording on Upgrades"/>. |