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On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:59:48 +0200
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hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
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> On 06/12/2013 06:51 PM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > Teams, what are the main reasons for keeping that much stuff in |
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> > overlays? |
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> It's a mix of easier workflow especially for contributors and less |
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> responsibility/noise in case of bugs. |
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> If there is a bug in an overlay, you rather expect people to come up |
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> with a pull request. |
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> Herds relying heavily on overlays and their portage packages being far |
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> behind their overlay is just a prove that the herd is dying and needs |
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> assistance. That goes especially for science. |
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Isn't it more an indication that Gentoo needs better package management
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support for overlays?
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- --
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Ciaran McCreesh
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