Re: [gentoo-user] Re: E17 and package.use

[Alan McKinnon]

Apparently, though unproven, at 11:13 on Sunday 21 November 2010, Mick did 
opine thusly:

> I've added 'enlightenment' overlay, sync'ed and now I get this:
> =======================================
> $ eix -l eina
> [I] dev-libs/eina
>      Available versions:
>                 ~       1.0.0_beta[1] "~amd64 ~x86" [altivec debug
> default-mempool doc  mempool-buddy +mempool-chained mempool-fixed-bitmap
> +mempool-pass-through mmx nls sse sse2 static-libs +threads]
>                 ~       1.0.0_beta2 "~amd64 ~x86" [altivec debug
> default-mempool doc  mempool-buddy +mempool-chained mempool-fixed-bitmap
> +mempool-pass-through mmx nls sse sse2 static-libs test +threads]
>                 (**)    9999[1] [altivec debug default-mempool doc
> mempool-buddy  +mempool-chained mempool-ememoa-fixed
> mempool-ememoa-unknown mempool-fixed- bitmap +mempool-pass-through mmx nls
> sse sse2 static-libs +threads] Installed versions:  9999[?](05:35:30 PM
> 11/13/2010)(mempool-chained mempool-pass-through mmx nls sse sse2 threads
> -altivec -debug -default-mempool -doc -mempool-buddy -mempool-ememoa-fixed
> -mempool-ememoa-unknown -mempool- fixed-bitmap -static-libs)
>      Homepage:            http://www.enlightenment.org/
>      Description:         Enlightenment's data types library (List, hash,
> etc)  in C
>
> [1] "enlightenment" /var/lib/layman/enlightenment
> =======================================
>
> Do I read the above right that 1.0.0_beta is in the enlightenment overlay,
> but  1.0.0_beta2 is in portage proper?  Since beta2 is more recent why
> isn't listed in enlightenment overlay?


You are assigning logic and reason where none exists :-)

I think it's just different maintainers. The newest stuff was committed to the 
tree after the work was done on the efl overlay, and the maintainer of the 
enlightenment overlay just hasn't got round to it yet


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