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From: Stefan Schweizer <genstef@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Official overlay support
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:48:07
Message-Id: e79639220603221042n3f049ab6k99d64926c5730ce9@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Official overlay support by Donnie Berkholz
1 On 3/22/06, Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o> wrote:
2 > This definitely sounds like a fun idea. It would be even cooler if we
3 > were using a distributed SCM on both ends that allowed for easy merging.
4
5
6 I think it should be all in a central place possibly saved with
7 GPG-Keys that need to be signed by trusted persons so that someone can
8 get access.
9 Because security seems to be a big problem with a public overlay, but
10 I think with gpg-key-based-access it could work.
11
12 Also see http://aur.archlinux.org for how arch linux is already
13 successfully doing it.
14
15 Regards,
16 Stefan
17
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Official overlay support Duncan Coutts <dcoutts@g.o>