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On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 k_vertigo@××××××××××××.net wrote: |
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> is portage2 still in development? or is new work soley on extending the |
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> existing code base? |
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The Portage2 project as outlined at uwyn.com is for all intents and |
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purposes dead. Last time I heard, there will be no C++ rewrite. |
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The development itself is done incrementally based on feasibility of |
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new features and their importance. The chief architect is Daniel Robbins, |
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but other devs have contributed patches from time to time. |
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Check out the bugs assigned to drobbins@g.o in bugs.gentoo.org for |
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an idea of what is being worked on (go read the comments, too, they're |
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more valuable). |
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> out of curosity, is it standard practice for gentoo development to take place |
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> privately? |
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Private features: |
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* Some of the mailing lists are private |
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* CVS is not accessible to the public |
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* The various subprojects generally don't have home pages |
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Public features: |
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* Bug lists are public |
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* All source code for the releases is available |
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* We always solicit comments |
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* #gentoo-dev@OPN is a staging area for many interesting technical |
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discussions |
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Kind regards, |
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Karl T |
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