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On Monday 08 September 2003 00:28, Martin Schlemmer wrote: |
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> Whoever just forgot to add a 'DEPEND="!ezmlm-idx"' to ezmlm, and |
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> reverse for ezmlm-idx ? I do not see how portage will cause that |
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> individual(s) to forget about that ? |
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Portage allows packages overwriting each other and this i functional |
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deficiency that can not get worser as it is. |
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> > > So we don't have enough manpower. |
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> > Thats true for many open-source project. Some of them just try to get |
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> > organized more efficiently and succeed in doing so. |
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> > So, maybe there is a more appropriate organization model for gentoo? |
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> I am also guessing you have not read GWN, and -dev for the last two |
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> months or so ? |
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Yes, i am new to -dev. I dont remember reading about this in GWN, maybe i have |
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missed an issue. |
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> Ok, but the merge code in portage could have a bug bigger than anything |
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> pkg_{post,pre}inst() could ever cause. |
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Yes, ist software. |
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> Right, so that is why we need |
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> all the other safety nets - they could be more buggy ? |
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Sorry, i cant follow you now. |
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> Some times it is not so easy. |
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I know... |
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but should this prevent us from trying? |
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