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> We are *not* prefixed. This a page on what we would *like* to be, |
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> somehow. |
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Ok, I get it now. Thanks for clarifying that. |
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> > mentioned. I'd welcome a tentative future timeline at the bottom of |
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> > the doc, if possible. The common question outside of the core dev |
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> > team seems to be "When will there be something that works that I can |
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> > use [and/or contribute to]?" |
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> This is actually a question, which's answer is much larger than just me |
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> or the team members. It requires the whole community to agree on a |
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> rather large change into their core product: Portage. You can consider |
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> this as a road towards a huge GLEP. Pieces that I write might be |
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> reusable, in such document, to make it a full story, including some |
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> experimental, but mature results. It's not only our work, far from. |
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> Without the help of some Portage guys, we'd never got here I think. |
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> Since we're all busy, and progress usually comes with little bumps, I'm |
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> hestitant to give any predictions on time frames. I don't oversee the |
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> whole picture yet, so I don't want to give any release dates. |
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I should have explicitly stated that I wasn't looking for dates |
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per-se. More like a list of "here is the milestones that have to |
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happen." |
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For example (realizing that this is completely fictional as I'm just |
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on onlooker [but maybe sort of real-sounding], just to illustrate): |
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1) Portage guys have to finalize a prefix-aware portage in ~ (latest |
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indications point to this happening by quarter X year Y) |
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2) Portage tree must be updated for prefix |
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3) Concurrent to #2 our devs will release an installer that uses an |
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overlay tree (ambitious users can jump in here) |
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4) Big showstoppers that have issues are addressed |
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5) Portage guys stabilize the prefix-aware portage, tree is all updated |
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6) Beta installer created and released using the real portage tree |
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(beta-friendly users can jump in here) (This step will not reached |
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until issue ABC is also addressed or the century XYZ is reached, |
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whichever is later) |
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etc. etc. |
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If you have something like that, a lot of questions can be answered by |
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"we can do that as soon as we reach step X." |
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> Thanks for your time to read it and comment upon. |
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No problem. I can't wait until the project reaches a point where _I_ |
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can actually contribute in a real way. |
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I did notice one typo: "...at the moment clumpsy" --> "...at the moment clumsy" |
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~ Nathan |
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