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From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: split up media-sound/ category
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:56:47
Message-Id: BANLkTimKDtjbGh4YLFTZBejnt+HX=bJ2TQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: split up media-sound/ category by Joshua Saddler
1 On 22 June 2011 21:38, Joshua Saddler <nightmorph@g.o> wrote:
2 >
3 > Whatever happened to implementing tags for the Portage tree? The idea
4 > behind tags was to avoid spamming users with more and more
5 > directories, especially for apps that are hard to categorize. Which,
6
7 Agreed. From the perspective of what will need to happen with regard
8 to package moves, implementing this change is likely to be incredibly
9 disruptive to users, and possibly cause a few wtfs/cry fests. ( Worst
10 case scenario pessimism I admit ).
11
12 I'd love a tag solution, that'd be nice, is there a GLEP for it yet?
13 And if so, how long will it take to get this "tag" feature supported
14 by EAPI standards?
15
16 --
17 Kent
18
19 perl -e  "print substr( \"edrgmaM  SPA NOcomil.ic\\@tfrken\", \$_ * 3,
20 3 ) for ( 9,8,0,7,1,6,5,4,3,2 );"
21
22 http://kent-fredric.fox.geek.nz

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Tags (Was: RFC: split up media-sound/ category) Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>