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On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 21:22 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> I think the idea of ebuilds as scripts showing directly how to build |
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> software is a core part of the Gentoo build-system philosophy. This |
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> proposal pushes ebuilds toward a formatted file that is not a script. |
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> Instead, it is more like an Ant XML file that more abstractly describes |
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> a build. I think this is the wrong direction for ebuilds because they |
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> should directly resemble how software is built by hand. |
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Fully agreed here, "keep it simple software". |
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Even if there are slightly more bits to write in the ebuilds. |
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/haubi/ |
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Michael Haubenwallner |
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Gentoo on a different level |