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On 14/07/2003 at 12:41:39(+0100), Dhruba Bandopadhyay used 1.0K just to say: |
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> Tal Peer wrote: |
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> >Hi, |
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> > |
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> >While discussing the state of the php-cvs package on #gentoo_dev, lu_zero |
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> >suggested that we open a new category 'app-cvs' and move all -cvs packages |
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> >there. That way we don't litter all the categories with -cvs ebuilds that |
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> >most of users don't need/want. |
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> > |
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> >Comments? |
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> This is a difficult one. |
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> This is more the exception rather than the rule. CVS is a unique |
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> minority category where the packages require greater maintenance from |
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> both the user and dev perspective and generally suffer more problems or |
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> issues of some sort. |
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> A separate category would make listing all cvs packages easier and may |
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> (or may not) also make maintenance easier. The directory is making not |
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> only a statement of different retrieval method but also a different |
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> genre of packages in terms of cutting edge application versions. |
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> Intuitively speaking, I'd find it quite natural to look in app-cvs for |
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> gaim-cvs just like net-im. |
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Huh, what's wrong with |
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ls -ld /usr/portage/*/*-cvs |
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Or just add a |
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mkdir /usr/portage/app-cvs |
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ln -s /usr/portage/*/*-cvs /usr/portage/app-cvs/ |
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to some custom emerge-sync script. |
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