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On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 11:35:49 +0000 |
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Michael 'veremitz' Everitt <gentoo@×××××××.xyz> wrote: |
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> Note: we're nnot acttually talking about replacing portage here, just |
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> creating a tool ((((thiink php script web tthingy)) that will do some of |
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> the pre-screeninng worrrrk that AT hate (eg.... what kensiington did with |
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> stable-bbot) |
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> * with apologies for keyboard/remote-access lagggg creating typo hell. |
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But, doing that requires viewing realised copies of ebuilds, which |
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requires interpreting eclasses and variable interpolation, which |
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requires bash sourcing, which requires a mountain of portage hell. |
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Yes, sharing the stable-bot logic would probably be fine. |
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But it doesn't use a database AFAIK, it would likely just be making use |
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of the MD5Cache (either directly, or indirectly via portage APIs) |
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But I won't be volunteering, because I won't touch python. |
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