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On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Peter Fein wrote: |
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> > > I think it solves a lot of complains about flexibility and edging of Gentoo. |
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> > What complaints ? Is it so hard to download an ebuild in put it in your |
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> > local overlay ? The extra step required does make sure you are aware |
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> > that you are using non-approved ebuilds. |
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> I'd be aware I'd be using non-approved ebuilds if I set those vars in the first |
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> place & portage warned/notified me which repository it was installing from. |
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> This architecture rocks - restricting it to approved packages only deprives |
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> folks of a really great tool (wow, I'm sounding awfully "software wants to be |
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> free" today...). |
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I'd have to disagree with you here, I think it would be a bad idea to have |
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something like this set up. What would happen if 'proper' gentoo has |
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package foo version 1.0 and it depends on package bar 0.5, and breaks with |
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anything newer. Then one of your new rsync's puts in package bar 0.7 and |
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breaks the 'official' foo package for you. Just seems like a lose lose |
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situation. |
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The advantage of gentoo and portage is your are being told that these |
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packages SHOULD work together, and if they dont, put in a bug, and we will |
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figure out why. |
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And remember, if you need a new package, just install it from source, its |
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not that hard :) |
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--Todd |
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