From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12450 invoked from network); 9 Aug 2004 22:16:08 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 9 Aug 2004 22:16:08 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BuIR5-0008CX-W5 for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2004 22:16:08 +0000 Received: (qmail 24618 invoked by uid 89); 9 Aug 2004 22:16:07 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 10075 invoked from network); 9 Aug 2004 22:16:07 +0000 From: Dylan Carlson Reply-To: absinthe@gentoo.org To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:15:42 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.82 References: <20040808185144.GB29077@mail.lieber.org> <200408091645.02465.cshields@gentoo.org> <1092088939.21951.17.camel@montreal> In-Reply-To: <1092088939.21951.17.camel@montreal> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200408091815.42260.absinthe@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 19, reloaded (again) X-Archives-Salt: 2eb6bac1-994f-4a38-81cd-88484b8ff7db X-Archives-Hash: 4bda43d52ddcf8ec76a232eac8fbaa90 On Monday 09 August 2004 6:02 pm, Olivier Crete wrote: > > just replace the tree entirely "rm -rf /usr/portage, tar xjvf > newportage.tar.bz2 -C /usr/portage" for "major upgrades"... or using an > overlay for minor local stuff... I like the idea of keeping my > "official" tree pure and then having nicely separated overlays. > I think it would be fine to allow people to do it this way, and some people already do, but I don't think it should be part of Enterprise Gentoo. Profiling isn't complex. Trying to support the millions of different ways people can set up overlays is. Cheers, Dylan Carlson [absinthe@gentoo.org] Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x708E165F -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list