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Apparently, though unproven, at 19:34 on Saturday 27 November 2010, sean did |
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opine thusly: |
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> I thought Gentoo was supposed to be bleeding edge when it came to all |
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> things Linux. |
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> Why would something like E17, (or any package,) still need to be applied |
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> through an overlay after all this time instead of just being in portage? |
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Becuase raster has not released anything yet. |
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It took 9 years to release eet, now at version 1.4 |
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It's 10 years and now finally the efl libs are nearing release, currently at |
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-beta2. The next beta (3) is scheduled for release in December. |
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If upstream has never released anything, how can it go into portage? |
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> I thought building from scratch was to be the way to put a package |
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> together based on what you want, and what is available on your sytem. |
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> I understand that some basic needs are required to build a package, but |
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> again, I figured working from source would make such things so much more |
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> flexible. |
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It's not build from scratch. |
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It's check out from svn, hope and pray that today's commits didn't break the |
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works, and see what you get today. |
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That's not release. heck, you can't even write ebuilds for that and give the |
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users some kind of reassurance about consistency. |
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That's why it's all still in overlays. |
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> I am not trying to start any type of nasty discussion, it is just a |
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> nagging question I have wondered about. |
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> Thanks |
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> Sean |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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