Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage 1.5_pre Update

[Jerry A! <jerry@thehutt.org>]

On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 09:18:11AM -0700, drobbins@gentoo.org wrote:
: Hello all,
: 
: Right now, there's a new version of Portage (1.5_pre1) on CVS that features
: many major improvements (several that were suggested on this list).  It breaks
: compatibility with our older .tbz2 package format, so at this point it's
: intended for testers only.  Here's an outline of all changes:

Okay, two questions.

1.  Will this format be used for 1.4?  Or will 1.4_rc2 just become 1.4
and then we begin moving forward?

2.  Is there still a text readable CONTENTS file?  One of the things I
really like is that I can quickly scan to see what has been put where.
If not, is there an easy way to get the contents out of xpak?

        --Jerry

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