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On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 11:37:39AM -0500, Jerry A! wrote: |
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> On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 09:18:11AM -0700, drobbins@g.o wrote: |
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> : Hello all, |
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> : Right now, there's a new version of Portage (1.5_pre1) on CVS that features |
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> : many major improvements (several that were suggested on this list). It breaks |
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> : compatibility with our older .tbz2 package format, so at this point it's |
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> : intended for testers only. Here's an outline of all changes: |
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> Okay, two questions. |
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> 1. Will this format be used for 1.4? Or will 1.4_rc2 just become 1.4 |
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> and then we begin moving forward? |
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The new format will be used for all future Gentoo Linux releases. |
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> 2. Is there still a text readable CONTENTS file? One of the things I |
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> really like is that I can quickly scan to see what has been put where. |
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> If not, is there an easy way to get the contents out of xpak? |
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Yes, CONTENTS is still there, in an identical format. |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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