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On 09/12/2015 03:12 PM, Justin Lecher (jlec) wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I would like to discuss the pro and cons of usage of symlinks in |
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> the tree, which are possible now as we aren't bound to CVS anymore |
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> We have quite a number of ebuilds already in the tree defining |
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> functionality for both, regular version and live versions. These |
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> are typical candidates. Same for different package versions with |
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> the same ebuild. |
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> What is your opinion on making heavy use of symlinks here? |
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I'm not in favor of it, I see an increase in maintenance complexity in |
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particular with regards to stabilization and version cleanup without |
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any obvious benefit. If the argument is the duplicate ebuild info |
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after a copy is too much, there are likely too many versions for that |
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package around. |
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