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A few day ago i thought about ebuilds without a version number. |
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The thing is to fetch all files via cvs and then do the things you do |
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with a normal ebuild. |
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After fetching the files all the content will be packed into a bz2 |
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archive and saved in /usr/portage/distfiles/ |
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i.e. if i emerge again the stored bz2archive will be extracted and |
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synced with cvs again. |
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So i can always can get the newest version without waiting for an ebuild. |
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Of course those packages are marked ~* anytime and nobody can promise, |
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the compiling won't fail. |
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Another feature could be to save the bz2 archive with the date of |
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fetching in its name. |
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Then i could use an old archive if there is i great bug in the newest files. |
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I want to read some opinions about this, it's just an idea. |
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