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From: Dhruba Bandopadhyay <dhruba@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] i hate KEYWORDS=-*
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:18:16
Message-Id: 3F27E19D.1050700@codewordt.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] i hate KEYWORDS=-* by Mike Frysinger
1 Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > what i propose is that people who make ebuilds with KEYWORDS=-* add in an
3 > extra little word, namely 'pleasebreakme'. that is, from now on, have it
4 > read:
5 > KEYWORDS="-* pleasebreakme"
6 > that way i can do ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=pleasebreakme and get access to these
7 > packages.
8
9 From a user perspective I don't see anything wrong with the way
10 KEYWORDS are handled currently.
11
12 However, if you must make a change please don't use a keyword as casual
13 and mocking as 'pleasebreakme'. Make it something distinct like
14 'unstable' or something. Just some thoughts.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] i hate KEYWORDS=-* Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>