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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't fetch www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:57:35
Message-Id: CAJ0EP435s+H-Z-25FyCtuY3rVCLjL+bCzG=JXGt8-tK6yktFmQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't fetch www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins by Mick
1 On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On Thursday 12 Mar 2015 22:46:14 Mike Gilbert wrote:
3 >> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
4 >> > On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
5 >> >> On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 06:20:25 +0000, Mick wrote:
6 >> >>> > Google only keeps the latest versions so that ebuild is usually only
7 >> >>> > good for a short while after it gets marked stable.
8 >> >>> > Just keyword the unstable package.
9 >> >>>
10 >> >>> So users of the stable package have to be really fast, or lucky?
11 >> >>
12 >> >> Gentoo should keep a copy in its mirrors for as long as a current ebuild
13 >> >> needs it (unless the package is fetch-restricted).
14 >> >
15 >> > Chrome is mirror-restricted, because of:
16 >> > 9.2 Subject to section 1.2, you may not (and you may not permit anyone
17 >> > else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer,
18 >> > decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the
19 >> > Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or
20 >> > required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you
21 >> > may do so by Google, in writing.
22 >> >
23 >> > chrome-binary-plugins is not free software, or open source. There is
24 >> > little Gentoo can do when they keep changing the URL/hash without
25 >> > warning.
26 >> >
27 >> > You can file a bug to get the ebuild updated though.
28 >>
29 >> As the person doing the bumps, I would actually prefer that people
30 >> ping me in IRC before creating a bug report. It's annoying to have to
31 >> close a bug report for an issue that occurs quite frequently.
32 >
33 > Don't mind doing this if it will help - what's your nick?
34
35 floppym -- same as my email address.