Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Henti Smith <bain@×××××××.za>
To: Dhruba Bandopadhyay <dhruba@××××××××××××.uk>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] common ebuild mistakes
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 12:04:25
Message-Id: 20030523135232.7ddba9da.bain@tcsn.co.za
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] common ebuild mistakes by Dhruba Bandopadhyay
1 On Fri, 23 May 2003 13:01:26 +0100
2 Dhruba Bandopadhyay <dhruba@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
3
4 > Paul de Vrieze wrote:
5 > > - Please please, do not submit ebuilds for version bumps unless necessary and
6 > > if necessary tell us what changed.
7 >
8 > Version bump only when necessary? What does this mean? Isn't keeping
9 > up to date a basic requirement to maintain a modern tree?
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11 I agree .... if this was that case I would still be using slackware or something since I can "update" the packaes I have installed when "needed"
12 I use gentoo so I can get the latest mplayer a few days after it comes out etc etc
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14 otherwise whats the point of having gentoo and portage .. ?
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16 Henti
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Re: [gentoo-dev] common ebuild mistakes Georgi Georgiev <chutz@×××.net>
Re: [gentoo-dev] common ebuild mistakes Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o>