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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] CVS ebuild's and Portage possibilities
From:       Mikael Hallendal <hallski () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2001-10-28 4:47:01
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sön 2001-10-28 klockan 11.55 skrev Joshua Pierre:
> Afternoon Gents,

Hi!

> We came to the conclusion that we could have a directory in Portage called 
> cvs which is masked by default to prevent people not familiar with cvs
> software from accidently downloading it. We would also not provide
> support due to the nature of the software and we could enter
> disclaimers on the ebuild asking for y/n input.

IMHO we shouldn't have these kind of ebuilds in Portage. It will only
add loads of work for the developers no matter how many disclamers we
have about it being unsupported. People will send email/comment on
IRC/etc/etc about those ebuilds needing to be updated, them not working,
there system crashes in funny places (which we have no idea if it is
related to them using those ebuilds).

> Please let me know if this is do-able as I would really like to see this 
> happen so we can still maintain a clean system with up to date
> software.

It is doable but imho shouldn't be done. 

It is for issues like this that I requested a local portage-tree when I
started using Gentoo. Then a user could have his own ebuilds in that
tree out of the original portage tree. You could then provide your E cvs
ebuild from your site which a user can download and put in his local
tree.

That way it will be clear to him that you are responsible for that
ebuild and that questions should go to you, not to
gentoo-dev/gentoo-user.

Regards,
  Mikael Hallendal

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Mikael Hallendal
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Leader
CodeFactory AB, Stockholm, Sweden


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