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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Over-reliance of Gentoo projects on overlays
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:00:07
Message-Id: 51B8A904.6060406@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Over-reliance of Gentoo projects on overlays by "Michał Górny"
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4 On 06/12/2013 06:51 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
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6 > Teams, what are the main reasons for keeping that much stuff in
7 > overlays?
8 >
9
10 It's a mix of easier workflow especially for contributors and less
11 responsibility/noise in case of bugs.
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13 If there is a bug in an overlay, you rather expect people to come up
14 with a pull request.
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16 Herds relying heavily on overlays and their portage packages being far
17 behind their overlay is just a prove that the herd is dying and needs
18 assistance. That goes especially for science.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Over-reliance of Gentoo projects on overlays Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Over-reliance of Gentoo projects on overlays "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o>