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<h1>Keywording and stabilization<a class="headerlink" href="#keywording-and-stabilization" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
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<span id="index-0"></span><h2>Rekeywording on dropped keywords<a class="headerlink" href="#rekeywording-on-dropped-keywords" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<dt class="field-odd">Source</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>QA</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Reported</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>by pkgcheck and repoman</p>
</dd>
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<p>The developer removing keywords from a package (e.g. due to new
dependencies) must file a rekeywording bug asking for the package being
retested.  This rule can be exempted if the package is known not to work
(anymore) on the arch in question.</p>
<p><em>Rationale</em>: rekeywording on minor architectures often takes a long
time.  If a developer neglects to request it immediately, it negatively
affects other developers who in the future either want to stabilize
a new version or to remove an old version.</p>
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<div class="section" id="stabilizing-new-versions">
<span id="index-1"></span><h2>Stabilizing new versions<a class="headerlink" href="#stabilizing-new-versions" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<dt class="field-even">Reported</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>by pkgcheck</p>
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<p>Whenever requesting a stabilization of a new version of the package,
the developer must CC <em>all</em> arches that had at least one previous stable
version of the package in question, and that still have ~arch keywords
in the stabilized version.  This applies to experimental architectures
as well.</p>
<p>The stabilization request can be closed and old stable version removed
once all non-experimental architectures have processed the stabilization
request.  However, the remaining arch teams should be kept CC-ed in case
they wanted to process the bug.</p>
<p><em>Rationale</em>: there were some cases of developers requesting
stabilization only of a subset of architectures they were personally
interested in.  This meant some other developer had to independently
request stabilization on remaining architectures which only meant
a duplication of effort and unnecessary confusion over which version
is stable and whether arch teams are slacking or stabilization was not
requested on remaining architectures in the first place.</p>
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<span id="index-2"></span><h2>Removing stable keywords<a class="headerlink" href="#removing-stable-keywords" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<dd class="field-odd"><p>QA</p>
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<dt class="field-even">Reference</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><a class="reference external" href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?title=Project:Quality_Assurance/Policies&amp;oldid=126033#Dropping_Stable_KEYWORDs">https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?title=Project:Quality_Assurance/Policies&amp;oldid=126033#Dropping_Stable_KEYWORDs</a></p>
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<dt class="field-odd">Reported</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>n/a</p>
</dd>
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<p>Stable keywords (or the last stable version) can be removed from
a package if the relevant arch team does not respond within 90 days.
If the removal causes a breakage of dependency graph, the developer
must work with maintainers of the depending packages before proceeding
with it.</p>
<p>The policy for removing a package must be followed here, with exception
of last rite mails.</p>
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