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| 11 | <version>1.5</version> |
11 | <version>1.6</version> |
| 12 | <date>2005-04-25</date> |
12 | <date>2005-08-11</date> |
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| 14 | <section> |
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| 15 | <title>Using One Branch</title> |
15 | <title>Using One Branch</title> |
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| 17 | <title>The Stable Branch</title> |
17 | <title>The Stable Branch</title> |
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| 46 | testing, it means that the developers feel that it is functional but has not |
46 | testing, it means that the developers feel that it is functional but has not |
| 47 | been thoroughly tested. You could very well be the first to discover a bug in |
47 | been thoroughly tested. You could very well be the first to discover a bug in |
| 48 | the package in which case you could file a <uri |
48 | the package in which case you could file a <uri |
| 49 | link="http://bugs.gentoo.org">bugreport</uri> to let the developers know about |
49 | link="http://bugs.gentoo.org">bugreport</uri> to let the developers know about |
| 50 | it. |
50 | it. |
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54 | Beware though, you might notice stability issues, imperfect package handling |
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55 | (for instance wrong/missing dependencies), too frequent updates (resulting in |
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56 | lots of building) or broken packages. If you do not know how Gentoo works and |
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57 | how to solve problems, we recommend that you stick with the stable and tested |
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58 | branch. |
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| 54 | For example, to select the testing branch for the x86 architecture, edit |
62 | For example, to select the testing branch for the x86 architecture, edit |
| 55 | <path>/etc/make.conf</path> and set: |
63 | <path>/etc/make.conf</path> and set: |
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