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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 15:04:38
Message-Id: 4DE8ED17.9080508@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: removal of by Patrick Lauer
1 Patrick Lauer schrieb:
2 > On 06/03/11 16:09, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote:
3 >
4 >> Michał Górny schrieb:
5 >>
6 >>> You could have a 'versioned' ebuild linked to the actual SRC_URI,
7 >>> and bump it whenever you notice the upstream tarball changes. This
8 >>> would allow users to have the package upgraded automatically.
9 >>>
10 >>>
11 >> I don't think this will help users much. It will just make the package
12 >> uninstallable between the time the upstream tarball changes and the
13 >> package is bumped.
14 >> A live ebuild is at least honestly telling users what to expect.
15 >>
16 > Just mirror the darn tarball in a stable location.
17 > I've done that for silly and weird upstreams ...
18 >
19
20 The problem (already mentioned earlier in this thread) is that some
21 parts are not redistributable.
22
23
24 Best regards,
25 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn

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