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On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 09:57:03PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:24:29 -0500 Brian Harring <ferringb@g.o> |
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> | To head off the "it's not going to work for vim-*", yah, you'll be |
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> | boned and have to install duplicate vim-* into the global prefix. |
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> | Bluntly, either you dive in and start wading through the problems |
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> | (fixing them as you go), or you sit back listening to how it's never |
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> | going to work (thus accomplishing nothing). |
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> It can be made to work, so long as you don't a) jump in without proper |
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> planning, b) assume that you'll not have to modify ebuilds and c) |
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> demand that as soon as it's available, it works for all ebuilds. |
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I'd point out that the last time prefix was brought up, all of those |
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points were addressed. |
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A) would like to hear what you think is required planning wise |
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compared to the previous haubi prototype patch. |
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B) Modifying the ebuilds is required, although modifying the underlying |
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base defaults does cover a good swath of ebuilds |
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C) See previous comments from last round of this stating "those who |
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want it, have to do the work". |
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~harring |
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