Re: [gentoo-dev] MySQL 4 still marked unstable?

[Grant Goodyear]

> As far as protecting ebuilds goes, I was actually referring to the ability
> to mix keywords (i.e. x86 and ~x86) and still upgrade world in an easy
> manner.  I think there should be two source or ebuild systems, one for the
> base system and one for the "ports".  In this manner one can keep the
> software up to date and yet keep the system stable.  I am thinking along the
> lines of the freebsd ports system, but with ebuilds instead.

Clearly "-U" needs to get fixed, and I know that carpaski has plans to
do just that.  It's worth noting, though, that one of the great
strengths of Gentoo Linux is that there is _no_ separation between
"system" and "ports" as there is in the bsd world; all packages are
handled on an equal footing.  That lack of separation is one of the
things that makes Gentoo so useful as a metadistribution -- somebody who
needs a custom base profile can easily create one.

-g2boojum-
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Grant Goodyear <g2boojum@g.o>