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On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:39:14 +0900 Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o> |
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| And how can that be adapted to work with overlays, completely |
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| ignoring the possibility of distinct repositories. Overlays is |
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| something that exists already and news support for them is a request |
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| that will appear as soon as news support is added. |
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Overlays don't contain metadata directories and don't get synced, so |
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they don't contain news items. Supporting news from multiple sources is |
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something that's tied to supporting packages from multiple sources, |
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which overlay doesn't permit. Fixing that would require fixing portage |
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to support multiple repositories rather than using overlay, which is an |
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issue for a different GLEP. |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (I can kill you with my brain) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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