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From: Paul Arthur <flowerysong00@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite (part 1): KDE3-only applications that won't build when KDE4 is installed
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:55:18
Message-Id: slrnhf4d2q.4q2.flowerysong00@shasta.marwnad.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite (part 1): KDE3-only applications that won't build when KDE4 is installed by Dale
1 On 2009-11-04, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > Pacho Ramos wrote:
4 >
5 >> El mié, 04-11-2009 a las 15:48 -0600, Dale escribió:
6 >>
7 >>> Ben de Groot wrote:
8 >>>
9 >>>> 2009/11/4 Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>:
10 >>>>
11 >>>>> Is it possible to just mask and maybe keyword KDE 3?
12 >>>>
13 >>>> This has already been decided. We are moving it to an overlay. I
14 >>>> can't think of a valid reason why you would not use that overlay.
15 >>>
16 >>> Because I don't want one more thing to have to deal with. Gentoo
17 >>> is enough fun already.
18 >>
19 >> But, why do you think having kde3 stuff hardmasked in main tree
20 >> in unmaintained state will be better than having it on a external
21 >> overlay? :-/
22 >>
23 >> Also, think about gnome users (like me) that will not need to
24 >> download all kde3 ebuilds on every sync :-) Yes, maybe they aren't
25 >> so much but I still fail to see why do you think that preserving
26 >> kde3 hardmasked is better than using an overlay
27 >
28 > Because I am not familiar with overlays. I have never used one and
29 > hope to keep it that way. If it was hardmasked, just run autounmask
30 > kde-meta:3.5 or something similar and carry on.
31
32 "I am not familiar with autounmask. I have never used it and hope to
33 keep it that way. If it was in an overlay, just run layman -a kde3 or
34 something similar and carry on."

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