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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] New Packages
From:       Daniel Robbins <drobbins () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2001-04-24 9:51:02
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On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 02:34:17AM -0500, Reboant wrote:

> This has probably been asked a few times already but where are all the update
> packages that are listed on the main site?  Went over to
> http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo and the only one up to date is is the source
> link.  Thanks

They exist in our portage tree as ebuilds.  We are primarily a ports-based
distribution (meaning that we provide scripts and a special system (Portage) so
that you can build apps from sources).  We generally only build binaries for
releases and snapshots.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			


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