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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Should patches sit withing the portage tree ?
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:06:52
Message-Id: 20060808223450.13d0b2ca@snowdrop.home
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Should patches sit withing the portage tree ? by Enrico Weigelt
1 On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 23:04:19 +0200 Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de>
2 wrote:
3 | I'm interested in arguments whether patches should sit directly
4 | within the portage tree or downloaded when needed.
5 |
6 | My feeling: downloading on demand is better.
7 |
8 | + makes the tree smaller, saves space, saves network traffic
9 | - downloading lots of patches may take a little bit
10 |
11 | What do you think ?
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13 I think you should look back at all the previous times this issue has
14 been discussed on this list.
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