Gentoo Archives: gentoo-commits

From: "Ulrich Müller" <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: general-concepts/mirrors/
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:40:43
Message-Id: 1574775589.f706f2b0eed3e03f6e4d74f8416373e12697ce50.ulm@gentoo
1 commit: f706f2b0eed3e03f6e4d74f8416373e12697ce50
2 Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
3 AuthorDate: Thu Nov 21 14:34:01 2019 +0000
4 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
5 CommitDate: Tue Nov 26 13:39:49 2019 +0000
6 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=f706f2b0
7
8 general-concepts/mirrors: Clarify that files must be distributable.
9
10 It makes no sense to require that files are distributable only by the
11 Gentoo Foundation; they should be freely distributable by anyone.
12
13 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/700888
14 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>
15
16 general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml | 12 +++++++-----
17 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
18
19 diff --git a/general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml b/general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml
20 index 703b705..37e05e3 100644
21 --- a/general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml
22 +++ b/general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml
23 @@ -88,11 +88,13 @@ Infrastructure project's Distfile Mirroring System page</uri>.
24 <title>Suitable Download Hosts</title>
25 <body>
26 <p>
27 -If you have to host a source file (patch or tarball) yourself, as long as it is suitable to be
28 -distributed by Gentoo Foundation (by license and legality), you're suggested to use your developer's
29 -space at <c>dev.gentoo.org</c>. Since external overlays may depend on your patches/tarballs, using the
30 -dev space at <c>dev.gentoo.org</c> keeps the distfiles at a stable and reliable infrastructure. If you
31 -retire, other developers can take over your distfiles and place them into their own devspace.
32 +If you have to host a source file (patch or tarball) yourself, as long as it
33 +can be freely distributed (by license and legality), you're suggested to use
34 +your developer's space at <c>dev.gentoo.org</c>. Since external overlays may
35 +depend on your patches/tarballs, using the dev space at <c>dev.gentoo.org</c>
36 +keeps the distfiles at a stable and reliable infrastructure. If you retire,
37 +other developers can take over your distfiles and place them into their own
38 +devspace.
39 </p>
40
41 <p>