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Marius Mauch wrote: |
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>> I'm a bit confused about all the portage tree stuff. There's just |
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>> under 25,000 ebuilds, which are maintained by about 100 devs (not |
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>> sure of exact number, taken from a forum post.) I guess what I'm |
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>> asking is why this isn't just a database. |
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> Please define "database". |
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OK, I accept that the existing setup can be called a database. As I'm sure |
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you guessed, I meant a database application in the sense of a standard |
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RDMBS, with finer grained control over permissions (ie per cp for new devs, |
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per category or whole tree access for more experienced.) If it's a bad |
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idea, no probs. |
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