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Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> |
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> Gentoo Linux has over 12,000 packages in the tree. We make no |
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> distinction between source and binary packages other than adding -bin to |
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> the end of the name of a binary package. We do not subdivide our |
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> packages into any arbitrary structure of support or freeness, but we do |
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> divide the repository into multiple categories, to ease browsing and |
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> also to resolve name conflicts. Since Gentoo uses its own package |
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> manager, all packages are done entirely in-house. |
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It might also be worth mentioning that within each package we have a |
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division of stable and testing versions. Each architecture we support |
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can be independent as far as what versions are in stable or testing, but |
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are generally the same to preserve developer sanity. ;) |
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fonts / wxWindows / gcc-porting / treecleaners |
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9B81 6C9F E791 83BB 3AB3 5B2D E625 A073 8379 37E8 (0x837937E8) |
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