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From: William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: app-portage/repoman/
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 15:16:21
Message-Id: 20180330151610.GA23999@whubbs1.gaikai.biz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: app-portage/repoman/ by "Michał Górny"
1 On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 12:42:09PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > Dnia 30 marca 2018 11:01:33 CEST, Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> napisał(a):
3 > >On 03/30/2018 01:42 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
4 > >> Dnia 30 marca 2018 09:07:03 CEST, Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
5 > >napisał(a):
6 > >>> On 03/29/2018 10:20 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
7 > >>>> Dnia 30 marca 2018 06:30:14 CEST, Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
8 > >>> napisał(a):
9 > >>>>> commit: 3f04d4d93d00afa5242a0c9459487c9eea7e9a6f
10 > >>>>> Author: Zac Medico <zmedico <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
11 > >>>>> AuthorDate: Fri Mar 30 04:18:05 2018 +0000
12 > >>>>> Commit: Zac Medico <zmedico <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
13 > >>>>> CommitDate: Fri Mar 30 04:30:05 2018 +0000
14 > >>>>> URL:
15 > >>>>> https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=3f04d4d9
16 > >>>>>
17 > >>>>> app-portage/repoman: version bump to 2.3.8
18 > >>>>>
19 > >>>>> This release adds support for plugin module systems.
20 > >>>>>
21 > >>>>> See:
22 > >>> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/Repoman-Module-specs
23 > >>>>> Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.27_p1, Repoman-2.3.8
24 > >>>>
25 > >>>> Please revert this immediately. This was never finished, had open
26 > >>> concerns that were never addressed and the added Gentoo repository
27 > >>> files were never subject to proper RFC/review that was requested.
28 > >>>
29 > >>> I've disabled this feature by default, and hidden it behind an
30 > >>> --experimental-repository-modules=<y|n> option.
31 > >>
32 > >> That isn't going to work for me. Given that the yml files were added
33 > >to repository without prior discussion, and contrary to the promises
34 > >given by Portage team such discussion hasn't been started before
35 > >merging the changes to master, I'd like to request removing all those
36 > >files and not reintroducing them until Portage team specifies their
37 > >format and brings it to open discussion.
38 > >
39 > >Yeah I agree that the format really needs a proper specification. I've
40 > >gone ahead and removed them:
41 > >
42 > >https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=f62e76a1e0202dcf55faa2b0fd9b21a1cd184dc8
43 >
44 > Thanks. I hope this will let us start with a clean slate towards making a good format.
45
46 If there is some distro policy that this repoman enhancement violated,
47 that's fine and I would like to know about it, but I'm not aware of it.
48
49 If there isn't, as far as I know, there is no reason for it to be
50 blocked.
51
52 Thanks,
53
54 William

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