Re: [gentoo-user] Can't fetch www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins

[Mike Gilbert]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 06:20:25 +0000, Mick wrote:
>>
>>> > Google only keeps the latest versions so that ebuild is usually only
>>> > good for a short while after it gets marked stable.
>>> > Just keyword the unstable package.
>>>
>>> So users of the stable package have to be really fast, or lucky?
>>
>> Gentoo should keep a copy in its mirrors for as long as a current ebuild
>> needs it (unless the package is fetch-restricted).
>
> Chrome is mirror-restricted, because of:
>
>    9.2 Subject to section 1.2, you may not (and you may not permit anyone
>    else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer,
>    decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the
>    Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or
>    required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may
>    do so by Google, in writing.
>
> chrome-binary-plugins is not free software, or open source.  There is
> little Gentoo can do when they keep changing the URL/hash without
> warning.
>
> You can file a bug to get the ebuild updated though.

As the person doing the bumps, I would actually prefer that people
ping me in IRC before creating a bug report. It's annoying to have to
close a bug report for an issue that occurs quite frequently.