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On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Emanuele Rusconi <emarsk@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I understand the convenience of having an ebuild to distribute commonly |
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> used software like flash, especially from a distribution POV, but the |
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> question still goes unanswered: why does HE want an ebuild to install a |
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> .deb package? |
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Obviously I can't speak for him, but some obvious benefits include: |
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1. Convenience - emerge foo and you're done. |
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2. Package-managed files. So, you can uninstall it too. |
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3. Automatic hash checking/etc - if the deb is tampered with then |
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portage will refuse to install it unless they also hack into the |
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Gentoo repo and change the hashes there as well. |
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4. openrc init.d scripts and systemd units following Gentoo conventions/etc. |
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5. Automated updates, possibly including a stable branch. |
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6. If in the main tree, then you benefit from Gentoo's security policies. |
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Rich |
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