Re: [gentoo-java] RFC adding java-experimental to layman list as unsupported

[William L. Thomson Jr.]

On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 19:28 +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
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> Petteri Räty wrote:
> > http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/java/wiki/March_2007_Summary#Changesinoverlays
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> > But since that every once in a while we get people asking about how to
> > use it. We could add it to layman as unsupported so it shows up in
> > layman -l but not in layman -L. Should we make it easier to enable the
> > broken stuff?
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> IMHO no, people that need to ask about how to enable an overlay
> shouldn't be using this one :)

That's not really what we are trying to solve. Trying to make it more
accessible for those using it for testing or development.

svn is just a pain as people get more an more used to Layman. Others
like freak132 spent time adding it to layman locally after they did a
svn checkout. Seemed like extra effort and a waste of their time. That's
where I started to see less reason to keep it hidden.

It's not about lacking ability. It's about saving developers and
contributors time.

>  I would just point them to wiki page that
>  has the overlay's svn url and description and if they can't figure out,
> their problem :)

Well we should not to make it hard. Again this is not so much to help
our users. It's to help out those trying to help out the team. If this
were to make it easier for regular users, then yes I would be saying
HELL NO ;). But it's not really about or for them. :)

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William L. Thomson Jr.
Gentoo/Java