Re: [gentoo-dev] GRP set consolidation

[Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>]

On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 17:34, Joshua Brindle wrote:
> Ok, we just had a conversation in #gentoo-dev and it seems most people 
> are interested in this. The problem as it stands is that our mirrors are 
>   low on space and so other projects can't get space, such as embedded, 
> hardened and even other archs. The main user of space is having 5 grp 
> packagecd's for x86 alone. The idea is to build a consolidated grp set 
> with a generic -mcpu (i686 or so) and then use that.
> 
> As I'm sure this will become a large and flaming thread, and probably 
> won't read them all I'll just go ahead and suggest that we add this to 
> the next meeting to discuss it if there are large amounts of disagreement.

Just to reiterate what I had said on -dev, I think it is a good idea. 
I'm not either "for" or "against" it, I just think having only one set
of packages to QA would make all our lives easier.  I *can* see the need
for 2 GRP sets, perhaps a x86 and a i686 set, simply to please the users
that find GRP useful.

The other take on this is gentoopix and what it will provide.  If it can
provide the same functionality as doing a GRP install, then I would say
we need to get moving on gentoopix and get rid of GRP (but not before).

Just my .02c

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Chris Gianelloni
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