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From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New Packages
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:50:15
Message-Id: 20010424095015.B14015@cvs.gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] New Packages by Reboant
1 On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 02:34:17AM -0500, Reboant wrote:
2
3 > This has probably been asked a few times already but where are all the update
4 > packages that are listed on the main site? Went over to
5 > http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo and the only one up to date is is the source
6 > link. Thanks
7
8 They exist in our portage tree as ebuilds. We are primarily a ports-based
9 distribution (meaning that we provide scripts and a special system (Portage) so
10 that you can build apps from sources). We generally only build binaries for
11 releases and snapshots.
12
13 Best Regards,
14
15 --
16 Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>
17 President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org
18 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.