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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] RFC: Graveyard project
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:18:14
Message-Id: CAGfcS_=-Tod9kC0QOVjQLqr9DieOERoU1_=XtXkc2e+ePzn21Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] RFC: Graveyard project by "Diego Elio Pettenò"
1 On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò
2 <flameeyes@×××××××××.eu> wrote:
3 > The problem is when you have to triple-check that the user hasn't
4 > enabled some random fucked up overlay and you have to guess whether that
5 > might be the cause of the problem. Yes it happens, not so rarely.
6
7 Ah, I always thought of overlays as places where apps tend to reside,
8 but of course you could have glibc in there for all we know... Good
9 point...
10
11 I'd think that this would be less of an issue for something like
12 sunset, but perhaps this is something the maintainers should keep in
13 mind.
14
15 Rich

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