Re: [gentoo-user] What's the deal with no gnome 2.18 in portage?

[John covici]

on Wednesday 03/21/2007 purple(purpleritza@×××××.com) wrote
 > emerge -NDuva world??
 > 

nope, this completely ignores the overlays -- it does have [1] and [2]
at the end each followed by the name of an overlay directory, but it
never gets any ebuilds from either of them.

 > On 3/21/07, John covici <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
 > >
 > > on Wednesday 03/21/2007 purple(purpleritza@×××××.com) wrote
 > > > well,i asked here that question as well and i sent mail to one of guys
 > > > maintaining that part of portage,Daniel Gryniewicz and got very quick
 > > > response from him telling me that they will include gnome  2.18 in
 > > portage
 > > > when they achive minimum testing point of it..
 > > >
 > > > maybe this can help,i did it and running gnome 2.18 in no time,enjoy..
 > > >
 > > >
 > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage_Overlay_Listing#Gnome_Experimental_Overlay
 > > >
 > > OK, excuse me for being an idiot, but I now have the gnome
 > > experimental overlay installed, how do I now update all gnome packages
 > > to their experimental versions?
 > >
 > > Thanks.
 > >
 > >
 > > > On 3/21/07, John covici <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
 > > > >
 > > > > on Tuesday 03/20/2007 Daevid Vincent(daevid@××××××.com) wrote
 > > > > > http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/
 > > > > >
 > > > > > http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=gnome
 > > > > >
 > > > > > Latest listed is 2.16.2
 > > > > > There isn't even a 2.18 masked or anything.
 > > > > >
 > > > > > ??
 > > > > I am interested if that were possible -- I heard there is already a
 > > > > feature freeze on gnome 2.18, so if it can be done, it would be
 > > > > appreciated here.
 > > > >
 > > > > --
 > > > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
 > > > > How do
 > > > > you spend it?
 > > > >
 > > > >          John Covici
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 > > > >
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 > > > purple..
 > > > well,i asked here that question as well and i sent mail to one of guys
 > > maintaining that part of portage,Daniel Gryniewicz and got very quick
 > > response from him telling me that they will include gnome&nbsp; 2.18 in
 > > portage when they achive minimum testing point of it..
 > > > <br><br>maybe this can help,i did it and running gnome 2.18 in no
 > > time,enjoy..<br><br><a href="
 > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage_Overlay_Listing#Gnome_Experimental_Overlay
 > > ">
 > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage_Overlay_Listing#Gnome_Experimental_Overlay
 > > > </a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/21/07, <b
 > > class="gmail_sendername">John covici</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:
 > > covici@××××××××××.com">covici@××××××××××.com</a>&gt;
 > > wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid
 > > rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
 > > > on Tuesday 03/20/2007 Daevid Vincent(<a href="mailto:daevid@××××××.com">
 > > daevid@××××××.com</a>) wrote<br> &gt; <a href="
 > > http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/">http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/</a><br>
 > > &gt;<br> &gt; <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=gnome">
 > > > http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=gnome</a><br> &gt;<br> &gt;
 > > Latest listed is 2.16.2<br> &gt; There isn&#39;t even a 2.18 masked or
 > > anything.<br> &gt;<br> &gt; ??<br>I am interested if that were possible -- I
 > > heard there is already a
 > > > <br>feature freeze on gnome 2.18, so if it can be done, it would
 > > be<br>appreciated here.<br><br>--<br>Your life is like a
 > > penny.&nbsp;&nbsp;You&#39;re going to lose it.&nbsp;&nbsp;The question
 > > is:<br>How do<br>you spend
 > > it?<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Covici
 > > > <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="mailto:
 > > covici@××××××××××.com">covici@××××××××××.com</a><br>--<br><a href="mailto:
 > > gentoo-user@g.o">gentoo-user@g.o</a> mailing
 > > list<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>
 > > > purple..
 > >
 > > --
 > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
 > > How do
 > > you spend it?
 > >
 > >          John Covici
 > >          covici@××××××××××.com
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 > >
 > >
 > 
 > 
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 > purple..
 > emerge -NDuva world?? <img src="http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9265/mozilla_innocent.png"><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John covici</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:covici@××××××××××.com">
 > covici@××××××××××.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">on Wednesday 03/21/2007 purple(<a href="mailto:purpleritza@×××××.com">
 > purpleritza@×××××.com</a>) wrote<br> &gt; well,i asked here that question as well and i sent mail to one of guys<br> &gt; maintaining that part of portage,Daniel Gryniewicz and got very quick<br> &gt; response from him telling me that they will include gnome&nbsp;&nbsp;
 > 2.18 in portage<br> &gt; when they achive minimum testing point of it..<br> &gt;<br> &gt; maybe this can help,i did it and running gnome 2.18 in no time,enjoy..<br> &gt;<br> &gt; <a href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage_Overlay_Listing#Gnome_Experimental_Overlay">
 > http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage_Overlay_Listing#Gnome_Experimental_Overlay</a><br> &gt;<br>OK, excuse me for being an idiot, but I now have the gnome<br>experimental overlay installed, how do I now update all gnome packages
 > <br>to their experimental versions?<br><br>Thanks.<br><br><br> &gt; On 3/21/07, John covici &lt;<a href="mailto:covici@××××××××××.com">covici@××××××××××.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br> &gt; &gt;<br> &gt; &gt; on Tuesday 03/20/2007 Daevid Vincent(
 > <a href="mailto:daevid@××××××.com">daevid@××××××.com</a>) wrote<br> &gt; &gt; &gt; <a href="http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/">http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/</a><br> &gt; &gt; &gt;<br> &gt; &gt; &gt; <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=gnome">
 > http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=gnome</a><br> &gt; &gt; &gt;<br> &gt; &gt; &gt; Latest listed is 2.16.2<br> &gt; &gt; &gt; There isn&#39;t even a 2.18 masked or anything.<br> &gt; &gt; &gt;<br> &gt; &gt; &gt; ??
 > <br> &gt; &gt; I am interested if that were possible -- I heard there is already a<br> &gt; &gt; feature freeze on gnome 2.18, so if it can be done, it would be<br> &gt; &gt; appreciated here.<br> &gt; &gt;<br> &gt; &gt; --
 > <br> &gt; &gt; Your life is like a penny.&nbsp;&nbsp;You&#39;re going to lose it.&nbsp;&nbsp;The question is:<br> &gt; &gt; How do<br> &gt; &gt; you spend it?<br> &gt; &gt;<br> &gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John Covici<br> &gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="mailto:covici@××××××××××.com">
 > covici@××××××××××.com</a><br> &gt; &gt; --<br> &gt; &gt; <a href="mailto:gentoo-user@g.o">gentoo-user@g.o</a> mailing list<br> &gt; &gt;<br> &gt; &gt;<br> &gt;<br> &gt;<br> &gt; --<br> &gt; purple..<br> &gt; well,i asked here that question as well and i sent mail to one of guys maintaining that part of portage,Daniel Gryniewicz and got very quick response from him telling me that they will include gnome&amp;nbsp; 
 > 2.18 in portage when they achive minimum testing point of it..<br> &gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;maybe this can help,i did it and running gnome 2.18 in no time,enjoy..&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage_Overlay_Listing#Gnome_Experimental_Overlay">
 > http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage_Overlay_Listing#Gnome_Experimental_Overlay</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage_Overlay_Listing#Gnome_Experimental_Overlay">http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage_Overlay_Listing#Gnome_Experimental_Overlay
 > </a><br> &gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;gmail_quote&quot;&gt;On 3/21/07, &lt;b class=&quot;gmail_sendername&quot;&gt;John covici&lt;/b&gt; &amp;lt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:<a href="mailto:covici@××××××××××.com">
 > covici@××××××××××.com</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="mailto:covici@××××××××××.com">covici@××××××××××.com</a>&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt; wrote:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;gmail_quote&quot; style=&quot;border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 
 > 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;&quot;&gt;<br> &gt; on Tuesday 03/20/2007 Daevid Vincent(&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:<a href="mailto:daevid@××××××.com">daevid@××××××.com</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="mailto:daevid@××××××.com">daevid@××××××.com
 > </a>&lt;/a&gt;) wrote&lt;br&gt; &amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/">http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/">http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/
 > </a>&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=gnome">http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=gnome</a>&quot;&gt;<br> &gt; <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=gnome">
 > http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=gnome</a>&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;gt; Latest listed is 2.16.2&lt;br&gt; &amp;gt; There isn&amp;#39;t even a 2.18 masked or anything.&lt;br&gt; &amp;gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;gt; ??&lt;br&gt;I am interested if that were possible -- I heard there is already a
 > <br> &gt; &lt;br&gt;feature freeze on gnome 2.18, so if it can be done, it would be&lt;br&gt;appreciated here.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;--&lt;br&gt;Your life is like a penny.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;You&amp;#39;re going to lose it.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The question is:&lt;br&gt;How do&lt;br&gt;you spend it?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; John Covici
 > <br> &gt; &lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:<a href="mailto:covici@××××××××××.com">covici@××××××××××.com</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="mailto:covici@××××××××××.com">
 > covici@××××××××××.com</a>&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;--&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:<a href="mailto:gentoo-user@g.o">gentoo-user@g.o</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="mailto:gentoo-user@g.o">gentoo-user@g.o</a>
 > &lt;/a&gt; mailing list&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;-- &lt;br&gt;<br> &gt; purple..<br><br>--<br>Your life is like a penny.&nbsp;&nbsp;You&#39;re going to lose it.&nbsp;&nbsp;The question is:
 > <br>How do<br>you spend it?<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Covici<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="mailto:covici@××××××××××.com">covici@××××××××××.com</a><br>--<br><a href="mailto:gentoo-user@g.o">gentoo-user@g.o</a> mailing list
 > <br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>purple..

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