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On 30/05/06, Mark Loeser <halcy0n@g.o> wrote: |
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> Basically, it would be something that allowed you to "browse" the current |
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> tree of submitted ebuilds. This way users that submit something can |
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> categorize it for devs to easily look for ebuilds they may be interested |
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> in, and we can make it so we could easily grab the ebuilds from this hacked |
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> up idea of a tree. |
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Hmm something like a tree, containing ebuilds, that people can check |
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out and browse... :) |
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> Comments on this idea are appreciated. I wouldn't mind helping write it |
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> and maintain it, but having interest and support in doing something like |
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> this is definately going to be needed :) |
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The idea of an unmaintained tree has come up before and been shot down |
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because (paraphrasing) 1. "nobody will check the ebuilds" 2. "nobody |
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will maintain it" 3. "nobody will bother marking stuff stable" and |
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4."it will be a security nightmare". |
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Personally I think it would be fun to just throw open the gates and |
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have an open git (or other dscms) "no-guarantees" repository that |
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pulls from the main tree every day, and which anyone with an email |
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address can sign up for and then push their own stuff to. Or maybe |
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some wiki-frontend to a branch of the portage tree. Yeah there would |
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be some security issues and vandalism just like any open content |
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system. Nevertheless, It would be a very interesting experiment in |
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opening ebuild development and maintenance to a larger audience. |
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