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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: remove sci-geosciences/googleearth from the tree
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 22:07:54
Message-Id: pan$6e6ff$e2c080f8$8f415654$d503c829@cox.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] remove sci-geosciences/googleearth from the tree by hasufell
1 hasufell posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:22:24 +0200 as excerpted:
2
3 > solution: Treeclean it and maintain it in an overlay (maybe
4 > science-overlay). That's exactly what overlays are for... experimental
5 > stuff.
6
7 What's the pros/cons of overlay vs. in-tree-but-masked for something like
8 this? In-tree-but-masked is at least available for those who want it,
9 without having to load an overlay, but I don't see that discussed at all,
10 here.
11
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14 "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
15 and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman

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