From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN,DMARC_NONE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from taipan.mudshark.org (100.209-115-231-0.interbaun.com [209.115.231.100]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67844ABD69 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 00:18:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dante.taipan.mudshark.org (dante.taipan.mudshark.org [192.168.1.2]) by taipan.mudshark.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 404DB4F0D for ; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 23:14:05 -0600 (MDT) Received: by dante.taipan.mudshark.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 479748CAEC5; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 23:22:38 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 23:22:37 -0600 From: Craig Joly To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Multiplatform Portage. Message-ID: <20020429052237.GA21586@dante.taipan.mudshark.org> References: <3CCA5A8A.1CCA89C8@vsl.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3CCA5A8A.1CCA89C8@vsl.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 1d18b8b5-9d4c-4648-86c8-7e7e1899fd67 X-Archives-Hash: 499ceb389e4d165f983ffb3881aa37a4 On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 06:00:10PM +1000, Tristan Ball wrote: > > How hard would it be to extend the emerge/portage system for other OS's. > I'm particularly interested in the idea of being able to do something > like an "emerge kde" on a sun box, and have kde and required stuff > appear under /opt or /usr/local somewhere. > > Has anyone else considered this? > I'm actually looking into this. I'm a little swamped at the moment, so other than thinking about it, nothing has been done yet. Hopefully I'll get to it in a month or so, after I finish my current projects and then knock our documentation system back into place (it was a good idea when they implemented it but scaleability never crossed their minds). Let me know if you get anything done. Craig -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup.