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On Thu, 21 May 2009 19:57:49 +0200 |
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Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <Arfrever@g.o> wrote: |
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> > We always have to assume that there might not be an up to date |
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> > cache. The Gentoo rsync mirrors do not always ship up to date cache, |
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> > particularly if someone's just changed a widely used eclass. |
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> Users can wait an hour and run `emerge --sync` again. |
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...but that's not what happens. Instead, the users get their screen |
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spammed with annoying messages, get confused and run to bugzilla in |
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droves. |
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This just takes us right back to the bad old days when changing |
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anything would result in mass user confusion. The whole 'EAPI' thing |
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wasn't an arbitrary whim. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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