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From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Alternative Gentoo package managers discussion request (for the council)
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 13:41:49
Message-Id: 200605181534.29002.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Alternative Gentoo package managers discussion request (for the council) by Stephen Bennett
1 On Thursday 18 May 2006 14:16, Stephen Bennett wrote:
2 > On Thu, 18 May 2006 12:49:29 +0200
3 >
4 > Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> wrote:
5 > > Adding profiles is technically broken.
6 >
7 > How?
8
9 Requiring duplication of profiles for every package manager.
10
11 Profiles determine what defaults are, and on some level what is installed.
12 What useflags are supported, and some other things.
13
14 Profiles do not determine how something is installed. A package manager
15 determines how things are installed. As such any profile should work with
16 the package manager.
17
18 Paul
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21 Paul de Vrieze
22 Gentoo Developer
23 Mail: pauldv@g.o
24 Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net

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