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From: Dhruba Bandopadhyay <dhruba@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] common ebuild mistakes
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 12:12:36
Message-Id: 3ECE1032.7010403@codewordt.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] common ebuild mistakes by Patrick Kursawe
1 Patrick Kursawe wrote:
2 > On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 01:01:26PM +0100, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote:
3 >
4 >>>- Please please, do not submit ebuilds for version bumps unless necessary
5 >>>and if necessary tell us what changed.
6 >>
7 >>Version bump only when necessary? What does this mean? Isn't keeping
8 >>up to date a basic requirement to maintain a modern tree?
9 >
10 >
11 > That means: If you just copied the ebuild and did not edit it, don't
12 > attach it.
13 >
14 > Bye, Patrick
15
16 Thanks for clarification. That makes sense. I usually try the renamed
17 ebuild in portage overlay and add a comment to the bug saying it worked
18 without attaching it.
19
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Re: [gentoo-dev] common ebuild mistakes Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>