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From: Joshua Pierre <joshua@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New ideas, USE database, sandbox & more
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 08:02:21
Message-Id: 20011203220147.D13834@swool.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] New ideas, USE database, sandbox & more by Vitaly Kushneriuk
1 On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 01:32:13PM +0200 or thereabouts, Vitaly Kushneriuk wrote:
2 > 2)Long descriptions should be added.
3
4 Yes this will help, I believe Debian uses somethingalong the lines.
5
6 > 3)emerge should search for package in category dirs. So that
7 > "emerge gcc" as "emerge sys-devel/gcc"
8
9 This would be really cool, I imagine it would be hard to add to portage. (Comments drobbins?)
10
11 > 5)Compile and install logs should be stored for future inspection.
12 > Should be realy simple to implement. Just redirect sub shell to
13 > "| tee <logfilename>. Or even "> logfilename" if emerge called with
14 > --silent flag.
15
16 Again, this would be really good for backtracking failed builds.
17
18 Some really good ideas here but I am not sure it will all fit in with portage.
19
20 Cheers,
21
22 --
23 Joshua Pierre
24 Developer & Release Technician
25 Themes.Org -- Open Source Interface Enhancement

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New ideas, USE database, sandbox & more Vitaly Kushneriuk <vitaly@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] New ideas, USE database, sandbox & more Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>