Re: [gentoo-dev] proxy-dev (an alternative to sunrise?)

[Donnie Berkholz]

Robert Cernansky wrote:
> If I have some application that is not included in portage why
> I decide to make an ebuild? Because I hope that then it will be
> accepted and included to portage, so maintained by developers (big
> thanks for this). If I have to take care of package + ebuild +
> dependencies, I'll rather choose not to make an ebulid but compile
> package right from .tar.gz archive.

Many people disagree with you here, that's why overlays exist. Somebody
wants to use Portage to manage ebuilds that aren't yet in the actual tree.

Thanks,
Donnie