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On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 03:24:40PM -0700, George Shapovalov wrote: |
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> The point I am getting at here is that we should and can allow our users to |
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> take care of a large portion of non-crytical packages. What we need is: |
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> 1. Multiple stability levels or KEYWORDS |
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> 2. Streamlined ebuild processing - that automates submission of new |
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> ebuilds/versions and assigns them some kind of "new" or "user-test" |
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> keyword/level |
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> 3.Feedback system that collects user voices and moves ebuilds to corresponding |
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> categories increasing or decreasing their stability rating. |
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> 4. Core group oversees and takes care of the core/crytical stuff and has |
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> *much* more time to work onportage/sysinit/other_more_distro_specifc_stuff |
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> Well, that would be one possible point of view on this :). |
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Keywords, hey? So I could track a stable tree that doesn't change so much |
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and doesn't break? Is this coming with 1.4? |
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> 1. multitude of profiles (not just arch/gcc specific but tailored to certain |
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> tasks: such as server vs desktop, etc.) |
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Oh sweet ;) desktop+stable? ;) |
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> And it all takes quite some work, so any help is appreciated; but then any |
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> exciting project has a lot of routine associated with it. |
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This sounds good George. I have been evaluating Gentoo of the last few |
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days and I keep coming back to "it needs a stable tree". I really hate |
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breakages. I would prolly be willing to test new stuff in VMWare or UML, |
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but not my main system. |
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I think that having different, trackable releases would be a turning point |
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for the distribution. It could become useful for production. |
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p.s. Is there a page that lists new stuff coming in 1.4? |
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Thanks! |
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Evan Read |
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http://eread.freeshell.org |
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do." |
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The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis |