[gentoo-dev] symlinks in the tree

[Justin Lecher (jlec)]

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Hi,

I would like to discuss the pro and cons of usage of symlinks in the
tree, which are possible now as we aren't bound to CVS anymore

We have quite a number of ebuilds already in the tree defining
functionality for both, regular version and live versions. These are
typical candidates. Same for different package versions with the same
ebuild.

What is your opinion on making heavy use of symlinks here?

Personally I would ban symlinks and duplicated code. One ebuild for
one version. And in case you like to propagate changes over several
ebuilds, just use tools like meld.

A drawback is that tools like sed break symlinks and write back a
plain files.

And last, we have potential breakages if people don't give enough care
when doing stabilizations and removal of version.

nevertheless, we would slim the tree and reduce work when changing
things like HOMEPAGE.

So please discuss this matter.

Justin
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