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On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 5:15 PM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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>>>>>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018, konsolebox wrote: |
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>> I don't mind calling ::gentoo as Gentoo's official ebuild repository, |
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>> but it also has been "a portage tree", and "the portage tree" by |
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>> default context. If you imply that people should change convention to |
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>> something more PMS friendly, be explicit, and perhaps make it |
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>> official, and the let them decide for themselves. Be fair at reminding |
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>> that it has been there, but it's better be changed for PMS's sake. |
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>> Don't make it look like the usage has always been wrong. |
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> You may be surprised, but the word "Gentoo" doesn't even occur in the |
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> main part (chapters 2 to 15) of the PMS document, except for one place |
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> referring to "Gentoo's Catalyst tool". |
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> Calling it "Gentoo repository" instead of "Portage tree" is purely a |
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> matter of distro policy and has nothing to do with PMS. |
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PMS mentions "ebuild repository", hence "Gentoo's official ebuild |
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repository" vs. "Gentoo Portage Tree"; vs. "Which Portage tree do you |
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use?". |
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