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From: Alin Nastac <mrness@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] C++ herd proposal
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 07:04:09
Message-Id: 432FB3D3.9090908@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] C++ herd proposal by Georgi Georgiev
1 Georgi Georgiev wrote:
2
3 >maillog: 20/09/2005-09:37:23(+0300): Alin Nastac types
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5 >
6 >>Georgi Georgiev wrote:
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8 >>
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10 >>>- that package in my overlay that has net-wireless/gnome-phone-manager
11 >>> in its *DEPENDs to work for as long as needed
12 >>>
13 >>>
14 >>>
15 >>>
16 >>gnome-phone-manager can be found in portage tree under app-mobilephone
17 >>category.
18 >>
19 >>
20 >
21 >So that's why my overlay got screwed up!
22 >
23 >But seriously, this only supports my point -- category moves are evil.
24 >
25 >
26 >
27 portage isn't supposed to offer eternal functionality status for
28 personal overlays. what if an eclass gets obsoleted and eventually is
29 removed from the tree?
30 the only problem is binary packages screw up.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] C++ herd proposal Brian Harring <ferringb@g.o>