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Duncan posted <pan.2005.05.11.10.03.13.603585@×××.net>, excerpted below, |
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on Wed, 11 May 2005 03:03:14 -0700: |
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> I see I didn't effectively convey what I wanted, then, if the description |
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> is a "huge-ass block of requests". =8^) Let's see if I can reword it a |
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> bit more effectively... |
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> What I had in mind (and tried to describe), was a /single/ (if large) |
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> /general/ feature, call it FEATURE=binpkg-name, to be combined with a |
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> second parameter enabled by that feature, BINPKG-NAME=<whatever>. |
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Never mind... It seems the feature I wanted is already there, only I |
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wasn't thinking broadly enough. Georgi Georgiev pointed it out... |
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My proposal would have allowed a bit more automation, but at FAR more |
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complexity. Better leaving well enough alone. |
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Portage's flexibility in sysadmin customizability continues to amaze me. |
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It really /is/ an awesome system Gentoo has built, when one thinks about |
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it. =8^) Sometimes in the minutia of discussion we (I, anyway) forget |
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just how awesomely flexible the existing toolset actually is! |
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Definitely "standing on the shoulders of giants", we owe drobbins and |
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indeed, the FBSD ports system from which he got a lot of inspiration, a |
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great deal of gratitude. That's not forgetting current developers, of |
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course. =8^) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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