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On 9/5/05, Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o> wrote: |
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> The gentoo-portage-dev@g.o mailing list would be better for this type of |
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> query... |
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Ok. I'll stop by gentoo-portage-dev next time :) |
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> Actually, there is a use. Presently, if your overlay has foo/bar-1.0 and the |
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> main tree as foo/bar-1.1 you'll get the main tree's later version installed |
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> even if you installed foo/bar-1.0 from your overlay. In my experience, this |
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> is almost never what is actually wanted. |
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There is another use. When report bugs to b.g.o, gentoo devs only take |
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care of bugs that all dependencies are come from the main tree. Users |
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mixed their environment with other overlays should check all |
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dependencies before submitting to b.g.o or bugs will be resolved as |
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wontfix. In case users use overlays, users would know what overlay |
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ebuilds come from and contact overlays' authors instead of b.g.o. Not |
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a big advantage though. |
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