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From: Ingo Krabbe <i.krabbe@×××××.net>
To: Gentoo Developer <gentoo-dev@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] portage database management
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 12:42:43
Message-Id: 20030201123556.GA11183@dokom.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] portage database management by John Nilsson
1 On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 12:06:39PM +0100, John Nilsson wrote:
2 > On this topic, I'd like to ad some ideas. How about a package database
3 > on some central server ( and mirrors...). This db would have more
4 > indepth information of every package, HOWTOS, bugs, discussions all that
5 > kind of information you would wan't (mostly just a gentoo specific info
6 > text and link to a homepage I suspect, but you COULD add more).
7 >
8 > This way you could have a forum for each package. This is probably
9 > wanted if gentoo keeps growing, gentoo-user would be heavy as
10 > linux-kernel.
11 >
12 > /John
13
14 Nice idea, this would focus more on the Perl->XML side of this
15 discussion.
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