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On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Thomas Osterlie wrote: |
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> I'm tempted to start writing separate ebuilds for the third-party libs, |
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> but want to hear if anyone else have opinions on the matter before I |
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> start with the task. |
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This is _GREAT_. We want to do this very much. Please assign all your |
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contributions directly to me, and I'll have them conform to the newest |
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java scheme (not documented properly yet -- won't be ready until after 1.4 |
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release). |
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In the meantime, remember that we always compile the packages from source, |
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even java stuff: I won't accept any ebuilds that just downloads jar files |
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anymore. It significantly deters from Gentoo's main strength: control. |
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For production use, it is quite common to require a few manual tweaks or |
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patches of the source code in order for it to run fine tuned enough. By |
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daftly providing just the jarballs, we rob our users of this option. |
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Kind regards, |
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Karl T |
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