Project:X86/Stabiliation exceptions
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List of packages/teams that may stabilise themselves
Reasoning
Some packages need a special setup or hardware to be tested properly. As the architecture teams can add no real additional testing, some maintainers or teams may be allowed to mark packages stable themselves under the following conditions:
- The prerequisites of stabilisation policy still apply.
- The architecture must be available in hardware to have at least a compile test.
- Several USE flag combinations must be compiled.
- Basic operation should be tested on the actual hardware.
Permissions can be requested by anyone with a good reason on the x86 alias. We will discuss it and give our ok/denial.
Package list
| Package | Herd | Maintainer/Team | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| app-accessibility/brltty | accessibility | ||
| app-accessibility/speakup | accessibility | ||
| app-doc/* | any maintainer | As long as no executables are installed | |
| sys-apps/man-pages* | any maintainer | As long as no executables are installed | |
| media-fonts/* | any maintainer | As long as no executables are installed | |
| media-fonts/* | x11 | Only those maintained by the X11 team | |
| sys-libs/timezone-data | toolchain | ||
| sys-kernel/openvz-sources | pva,vserver | ||
| sys-kernel/{gentoo,vanilla}-sources | kernel | Minor stabilisation updates can be marked stable as soon as an architecture team has marked one version of that series stable | |
| sys-kernel/hardened-sources | hardened | ||
| sys-apps/gradm | hardened | ||
| vdr | vdr | Special hardware/setups and lots of small packages | |
| x11-misc/util-macros | x11 | ||
| x11-themes/claws-mail-themes | net-mail, fauli |
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the following authors and editors for their contributions to this guide:
- Christian Faulhammer