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On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 19:35 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > a good topic for the next council meeting i think would be to start |
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> > up a spec of requirements that a package manager must satisfy before |
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> > it'd be an official package manager for Gentoo ... off the top of my |
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> > head: |
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> > - the main developers need to be Gentoo developers |
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> > - source code hosted on Gentoo infrastructure |
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> > - compatible "emerge" and "ebuild" binaries |
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> As you know fine well, the Council has already rejected GLEP 49, which |
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> says more or less that. As you also know fine well, those requirements |
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> mean Gentoo will permanently be stuck with Portage (and when dreaming |
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> up silly and biased requirements, bear in mind that Portage was at one |
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> point close to being moved off Gentoo infrastructure because of the |
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> huge |
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> delays in setting up svn...). |
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Wouldn't this be the same as all MTAs providing sendmail compatibility? |
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Whereas existing tools still Just Work? |
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Homer Parker <hparker@g.o> |
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