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On 26-06-2011 12:23, Kent Fredric wrote: |
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> On 26 June 2011 23:40, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>> I think we should avoid changing the fundamental design of portage, |
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>> such as removing categories or allowing tags to be used as |
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>> dependencies/etc. At least, not right now. If we set up namespaces |
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>> for tags that might allow for such a thing in the future. |
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> At this time I vehemently oppose the idea of using tags for dependencies. |
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> If there was even a good reason to do this, I would probably want to |
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> see the system working really well first. |
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>> The main driver behind tags seems to be searchability, and I think |
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>> that is something we could easily improve. |
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> +1 |
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>> I don't think we should |
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>> hold that up over an initiative to completely re-architect Gentoo... |
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> +1 |
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I agree with the above. |
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I've done my best to stay out of this discussion until now, but I see |
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people going so far "out of the box", that I fear if we were to do this |
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we would end up "breaking the box". |
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- From past discussions about tags, I'd also like to recall a few ideas |
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that have been completely ignored on this discussion: |
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* tags should only be important for searching or classifying packages |
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* tags should exist beyond portage / mostly use an on-line system |
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* tags should be usable and maintainable by users |
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* users should have a way to contribute directly to tags |
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That's why in the past the discussion pointed to using an online system |
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that users could contribute directly without having to wait on |
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developers answering their requests, why it was seen as a manual system |
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and why it didn't affect the package managers or tree. |
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Being able to combine tags on metadata.xml for the tree and overlays |
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with an on-line tagging system and have the tools use that data when |
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searching seems an interesting option. |
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- -- |
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Regards, |
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Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org |
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Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / KDE / Elections / RelEng |
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