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On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:13:48 +0200 |
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Simon Stelling <blubb@g.o> wrote: |
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> Jeroen Roovers wrote: |
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> > On a minor note, I'd also like to see bug reporters use canonical |
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> > package names in bug descriptions, including the category (and |
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> > preferably the specific version, not some >=foo-3*!!!one, not to |
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> > mention specifying no version at all). Including the category means |
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> > arch devs won't need to guess/discover which of a few hundred |
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> > categories a package is meant to reside in. |
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> First off, I second that. Second, here's how you still get where you |
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> want without looking up the category: |
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> $ cd gentoo-x86/*/foo |
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That's why I explicitly mentioned "discover". It would have been |
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impossible to get ebuilds marked in response to stabilisation bugs |
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since November 2005 if I couldn't discover canonical package names on |
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my own... :) |
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Kind regards, |
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JeR |
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