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Alright people, I'm starting up the feature requests for the 2006.1 |
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release. Some things to remember when making requests: |
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- We don't control what is stable in the tree, so requests for specific |
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packages won't be useful to us. If you want a specific package added to |
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the release media, there are two steps required. First, the package |
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must be marked stable on any architecture which will be using the |
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package. Second, a bug should be filed requesting the package be added. |
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Please make sure that your request has not already been filed before |
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filing a new bug report. |
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- We don't control portage features. |
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- We don't control kernel versions, but we do control which *-sources we |
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use and also the configurations of those kernels. |
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A few ideas on things you can request are: |
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- New modules added to the release media |
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- New packages added to GRP/LiveCD/LiveDVD |
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- New media types (LiveDVD/netboot/*) |
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- Additional USE flags enabled/disabled by default |
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I am currently working on a new set of profiles for 2006.1 on x86. As |
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you can tell, these profiles are a bit different from anything else that |
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we have done in the past, as it separates out into "desktop" and |
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"server" profiles. The "desktop" profile is very similar to what we |
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have always had on each release. The "server" profile is new, and has |
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none of the typical desktop USE flags enabled, making it ideal for |
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server usage. I plan on also creating some sort of "developer" profile |
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which will inherit from both "desktop" and "server" profiles, once |
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portage has support for multiple inheritance, so it might not make it |
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into the 2006.1 profiles. I am looking for suggestions for USE flags to |
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add to these two profiles, so feel free to make suggestions. Please |
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cite some reasoning for why you think each USE flag you recommend should |
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be either enabled or disabled. The profiles are at |
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profiles/default-linux/x86/dev/2006.1/desktop and |
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profiles/default-linux/x86/dev/2006.1/server for you to peruse. They |
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are completely functional profiles at this time. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |