Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuilds for kde3 beta etc.

[Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>]

On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 05:10:11AM +0100, Mikael Hallendal wrote:

> Ok, looks like you misunderstood me. I'm not talking about beta
> _ebuilds_. I'm talking about beta packages (like for instance, GNOME
> produces lots of beta releases of GNOME2. These packages are _only_
> supposed for GNOME developers). From my discussion with Dan about this
> issue, the KDE3 betas we are discussing here are for KDE developers.

OK; if Dan is just adding KDE3 beta stuff just to have it around, it's a waste
of time.  If he needs it around to get ready for KDE3 himself, then I see some
merit.  I think Dan may just be getting a little overzealous and wanting to add
it just because it's there.  I don't anticipate that KDE3 will be particularly
hard to build.

So, I finally agree with you :)  Dan, I think it's bad policy to add KDE3 beta
ebuilds just for the sake of having them.  I would only add them if we actually
have requests from KDE developers who happen to use Gentoo Linux.  But I
imagine that any red-blooded KDE developers would be grabbing their stuff from
CVS anyway.

Best Regards,

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