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On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 14:36:53 +0200 |
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foser <foser@×××××××××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Francisco Gimeno wrote: |
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> > Hi |
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> > I was wondering about having several portage trees to allow external |
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> > distributor having repositories of packages. |
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> <snip> |
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> > It could be really useful, if we could use something like it |
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> This has been brought up before and I personally do not really like the |
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> idea too much, i think it makes the distro less reliable as whole if we |
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> add options like this. People will start using repositories here and |
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> there and in the end we will get bugreports on ebuilds we never approved |
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> or even saw (and some ebuilds can have far reaching effects). No, i |
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> think 'external distributors' should try and go trough the normal |
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> channels and get their ebuilds Gentoo approved. |
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I think a note saying "DON"T DO THIS UNLESS YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING", |
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as is done elsewhere would suffice. Given the recent volume on ebuild approval, |
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that's not much of an counter-argument. I agree that inclusion in Gentoo-proper |
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is a worthy goal - but as a user, not being restricted to blessed packages |
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should be my choice (and of course, no one's under any obligation to support any |
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of this to begin with, but it's worth discussing). Maybe I'm less scared of |
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stability issues running Gentoo on a home box that could erupt into flames |
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without causing me much distress, but this should be a matter of choice, rather |
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than a policy enforced by software. Such a scheme may actually speed up package |
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acceptance, as it provides a wider test base prior to inclusion. |
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> > |
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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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--Pete |
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Peter Fein |
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pfein@×××××.com |
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773-575-0694 |
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