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From: Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o>
To: Matt Thrailkill <xwred1@×××××××××.net>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Weekly News Letter - "Where is Gentoo Linux 1.4"
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 04:19:57
Message-Id: 20030625041956.GA27580@cerberus.oppresses.us
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Weekly News Letter - "Where is Gentoo Linux 1.4" by Matt Thrailkill
1 On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 09:22:00PM -0700, Matt Thrailkill wrote:
2 > Tracing back up the thread, I should have clarified that when I said "apps that come with a release", I meant the version of the Portage tree at the time of release.
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4 > When the actual 1.4 release is made, there's an exact Portage tree frozen in time that *is* that release, no? Whether its actually tagged in cvs or something, or only exists in the install isos, there is a version of the portage tree that I would call the 1.4 release. Or am I all wrong and noone keeps such close track of the Portage tree?
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6 You're correct. We use a snapshot of the tree to build stages. However,
7 stages have (relatively) few apps... most of them small.
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