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On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 14:23:08 -0400 (EDT) |
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Todd Berman <tberman@×××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Peter Fein wrote: |
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> > > > I think it solves a lot of complains about flexibility and edging of |
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> > > > Gentoo. |
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> > > What complaints ? Is it so hard to download an ebuild in put it in your |
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> > > local overlay ? The extra step required does make sure you are aware |
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> > > that you are using non-approved ebuilds. |
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> > I'd be aware I'd be using non-approved ebuilds if I set those vars in the |
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> > first place & portage warned/notified me which repository it was installing |
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> > from. This architecture rocks - restricting it to approved packages only |
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> > deprives folks of a really great tool (wow, I'm sounding awfully "software |
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> > wants to be free" today...). |
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> I'd have to disagree with you here, I think it would be a bad idea to have |
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> something like this set up. What would happen if 'proper' gentoo has |
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> package foo version 1.0 and it depends on package bar 0.5, and breaks with |
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> anything newer. Then one of your new rsync's puts in package bar 0.7 and |
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> breaks the 'official' foo package for you. Just seems like a lose lose |
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> situation. |
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Shouldn't it be <=bar-0.5'd then anyway? Just thinkin... |
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> The advantage of gentoo and portage is your are being told that these |
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> packages SHOULD work together, and if they dont, put in a bug, and we will |
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> figure out why. |
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Hmm, I hadn't thought of it like that - for me, it's the customization plus the |
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automation of a lot of the tedious stuff - dependencies, downloading, etc.. |
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> And remember, if you need a new package, just install it from source, its |
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> not that hard :) |
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You're right, it's not so bad. Though at work, I've got to deal with compiling |
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stuff on a half-maintained Solaris x86 platform. I haven't built anything |
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remotely complex in less than 3 days - it's skewered my perspective... ;) |
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--Pete |
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Peter Fein |
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pfein@×××××.com |
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773-575-0694 |
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