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> From what I am told, gentoo-src is deprecated and we should be using |
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> gentoo/src instead. |
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No, not really. That was a push by ex-devs (maybe others) a long |
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time ago, and the work was never actually accomplished. Except for |
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a limited number of migrations, nothing ever really became of it |
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early on. Looks like we have a fair number of organized uses in it |
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now. |
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We do have 4 repos though... Which developed all around the time |
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that the "gentoo" repo came into being. |
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gentoo |
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gentoo-x86 |
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gentoo-src |
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gentoo-projects |
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Gentoo-projects was created for a reason unknown to me when I |
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asked, way back when. Looks like the TLPs took refuge there, |
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which is how it looks like it should be. |
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Gentoo-src is still used by portage, baselayout, releng, and |
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has a number of older projects that could probably be useful |
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if revivied. |
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A major issue with moving gentoo-src is that the history would |
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be lost. (At least, I'm fairly certain it would be, correct me.) |
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That would be very unpleasant for portage, as I do use it on |
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occasion to verify changes and review committers. I imagine it'd |
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be nice to keep the commit logs and nametags for a long long |
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while. |
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--NJ |
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