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On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:25:53 +0000 (UTC) |
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James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hello List, |
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> Does 'Layman -L' yield a comprehensive list or does |
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> it just poll from a subset of the different Overlay |
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> from a select number of sites? |
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layman -L lists all overlays the gentoo overlay infrastructure knows |
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about. Obviously it can't list overlays it has never been informed of. |
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Somewhere in the layman config there's an option to not list overlays a |
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machine can't use (eg git overlays where you don't have a git client), |
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I prefer to just leave it at the default and scan for red, green and |
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yellow asterisks when listing overlays |
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> Does such a list exist that references (most) all |
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> Overlay repositories and the Overlay ebuilds therein? |
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> Are there sites that are known not to trust? |
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> If 2 different repositories have different |
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> (hacked ebuild) then where do you get |
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> information as to which one you should use? |
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> Sure testing them both is warranted, but maybe |
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> there is a site where these Overlays are close |
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> to becoming stable enough for inclusion in portage, |
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> maybe a last stage clearing site or such? |
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No, such a thing would be impossible to maintains and subject to much |
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subjective whinging |
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> Do some sites have standards and other sites |
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> let anyone put up a development ebuild? |
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I suppose so, just as different developers have different standards and |
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different policies on what patches they will accept |
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> 'layman -S' |
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> Are the listings automatically refreshed or |
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> do you (should you) issue one master command to sync (update) |
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> all of the repositories or sync per each repository? |
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layman -S updates all of your local repositories at once |
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> Just looking for some feedback on these non |
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> official ebuilds, in a general sense. I have had |
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> very different experiences with Overlays and was |
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> wondering if I have missed some wisdom along the |
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> way..? |
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Like everything else in life, people are involved and you have to work |
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on reputation and decide what you like. Sort of like choosing wives - |
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you can get lots of recommendations out there, all meaningless :-) |
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> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Overlay#Listing_and_Adding_Overlays |
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> Best reference on the subject? |
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It's a simple enough topic. Last time I read that page it seemed to |
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cover all reasonable bases, as did the official gentoo doc |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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