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From: "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: removal of <net-print/foo2zjs-99999999 (earlier versions are fubar)
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:04:11
Message-Id: 4DE8EB20.3020508@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: removal of by "Michał Górny"
1 Michał Górny schrieb:
2 > You could have a 'versioned' ebuild linked to the actual SRC_URI,
3 > and bump it whenever you notice the upstream tarball changes. This
4 > would allow users to have the package upgraded automatically.
5 >
6
7 I don't think this will help users much. It will just make the package
8 uninstallable between the time the upstream tarball changes and the
9 package is bumped.
10 A live ebuild is at least honestly telling users what to expect.
11
12 > I think it would be similar to the situation we had with adobe-flash
13 > packages.
14 >
15
16 It reminds me more of the (now defunct) live ebuild of chromium-bin
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19 Best regards,
20 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn

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