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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-pms@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] ebuild-vars: Remove 'simple filename' mirror fetching
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 22:15:34
Message-Id: robbat2-20191224T221242-765212147Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] ebuild-vars: Remove 'simple filename' mirror fetching by "Michał Górny"
1 On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 06:38:24PM +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > The feature of using 'simple filename' to fetch from mirrors
3 > is ill-defined (which mirrors?). The Portage implementation works only
4 > if GENTOO_MIRRORS are explicitly set. It's not used in any ebuilds.
5 > Let's remove it retroactively from the specification.
6 Having seen it used before, can I suggest that any users of this
7 functionality convert it to their own internal thirdpartymirrors
8 instead?
9
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11 Robin Hugh Johnson
12 Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer
13 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
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