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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Over-reliance of Gentoo projects on overlays
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:05:40
Message-Id: 51B8AA59.8010603@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Over-reliance of Gentoo projects on overlays by Ciaran McCreesh
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4 On 06/12/2013 07:02 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
5 > On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:59:48 +0200 hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
6 > wrote:
7 >> On 06/12/2013 06:51 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
8 >>>
9 >>> Teams, what are the main reasons for keeping that much stuff
10 >>> in overlays?
11 >>>
12 >
13 >> It's a mix of easier workflow especially for contributors and
14 >> less responsibility/noise in case of bugs.
15 >
16 >> If there is a bug in an overlay, you rather expect people to come
17 >> up with a pull request.
18 >
19 >> Herds relying heavily on overlays and their portage packages
20 >> being far behind their overlay is just a prove that the herd is
21 >> dying and needs assistance. That goes especially for science.
22 >
23 > Isn't it more an indication that Gentoo needs better package
24 > management support for overlays?
25 >
26 >
27
28 No.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Over-reliance of Gentoo projects on overlays Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>