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sön 2001-10-28 klockan 11.55 skrev Joshua Pierre: |
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> Afternoon Gents, |
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Hi! |
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> We came to the conclusion that we could have a directory in Portage called |
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> cvs which is masked by default to prevent people not familiar with cvs |
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> software from accidently downloading it. We would also not provide |
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> support due to the nature of the software and we could enter |
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> disclaimers on the ebuild asking for y/n input. |
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IMHO we shouldn't have these kind of ebuilds in Portage. It will only |
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add loads of work for the developers no matter how many disclamers we |
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have about it being unsupported. People will send email/comment on |
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IRC/etc/etc about those ebuilds needing to be updated, them not working, |
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there system crashes in funny places (which we have no idea if it is |
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related to them using those ebuilds). |
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> Please let me know if this is do-able as I would really like to see this |
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> happen so we can still maintain a clean system with up to date |
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> software. |
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It is doable but imho shouldn't be done. |
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It is for issues like this that I requested a local portage-tree when I |
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started using Gentoo. Then a user could have his own ebuilds in that |
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tree out of the original portage tree. You could then provide your E cvs |
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ebuild from your site which a user can download and put in his local |
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tree. |
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That way it will be clear to him that you are responsible for that |
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ebuild and that questions should go to you, not to |
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gentoo-dev/gentoo-user. |
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Regards, |
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Mikael Hallendal |
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Mikael Hallendal |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Leader |
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CodeFactory AB, Stockholm, Sweden |
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