Gentoo Archives: gentoo-soc

From: Arun Raghavan <arunissatan@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-soc@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-soc] Tags support for Portage
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:03:22
Message-Id: 6f8b45100903231103l349c6683of70d59c7d09fd5eb@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-soc] Tags support for Portage by ross smith
1 2009/3/23 ross smith <rjsm@×××××.edu>:
2 > Hello everyone,
3 >
4 > I'm interested in the tags for portage project.  My questions are on the
5 > timeline portion of it.  I don't know enough of the specifics of coding this
6 > project to make a useful timeline.  I know some of the goals will include a
7 > outline of acceptable tags, replace the current category and search code to
8 > provide support for tags (this is far too broad), and add backwards
9 > compatibility for packages without any tags.  Any suggestiions?
10
11 Why don't you start with a rough idea of how you'd like to go about
12 it? It's easier to make an effort estimate after you're clearer on
13 what you're going to be doing.
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15 Arun Raghavan
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