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On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 01:32:13PM +0200 or thereabouts, Vitaly Kushneriuk wrote:
> 2)Long descriptions should be added.

Yes this will help, I believe Debian uses somethingalong the lines.

> 3)emerge should search for package in category dirs. So that
>   "emerge gcc" as "emerge sys-devel/gcc" 

This would be really cool, I imagine it would be hard to add to portage. (Comments drobbins?)

> 5)Compile and install logs should be stored for future inspection.
>   Should be realy simple to implement. Just redirect sub shell to 
>   "| tee <logfilename>. Or even "> logfilename" if emerge called with
>   --silent flag.

Again, this would be really good for backtracking failed builds.

Some really good ideas here but I am not sure it will all fit in with portage.

Cheers,

-- 
Joshua Pierre
Developer & Release Technician
Themes.Org -- Open Source Interface Enhancement