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From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Over-reliance of Gentoo projects on overlays
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:23:09
Message-Id: 51B8AE78.5030702@orlitzky.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Over-reliance of Gentoo projects on overlays by Ciaran McCreesh
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4 On 06/12/2013 01:13 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
5 > On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:05:29 +0200 hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
6 > wrote:
7 >>> Isn't it more an indication that Gentoo needs better package
8 >>> management support for overlays?
9 >
10 >> No.
11 >
12 > You make a persuasive argument. I realise now that the Summer of
13 > Code projects for this were a mistake.
14 >
15 >
16
17 We need worse support for overlays, i.e. no. Having to use >3 overlays
18 defeats the purpose of a QA'd tree. Everything in an (official)
19 overlay should be in package.mask instead. The main reason it isn't is
20 because nobody wants to use CVS. For good examples, see sunrise or
21 gentoo-haskell.
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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Over-reliance of Gentoo projects on overlays Alexander V Vershilov <alexander.vershilov@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Over-reliance of Gentoo projects on overlays "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>