From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1ElrKe-0001D7-Uu for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:19:25 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jBCHIge8014894; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:18:42 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jBCHGodD005339 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:16:51 GMT Received: from 82-41-57-20.cable.ubr08.edin.blueyonder.co.uk ([82.41.57.20] helo=snowdrop.home) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1ElrIA-0008Qw-6O for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:16:50 +0000 Received: from localhost.home ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1ElrI2-0002hx-FN for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:16:42 +0000 Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:16:40 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: GLEP 42 (Critical news reporting) updates Message-ID: <20051212171640.7f041a18@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <200512122349.31910.jstubbs@gentoo.org> References: <20051211013550.66bfd7d2@snowdrop.home> <200512120911.53976.jstubbs@gentoo.org> <pan.2005.12.12.09.30.11.449574@cox.net> <200512122349.31910.jstubbs@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0-rc1 (GTK+ 2.8.8; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_5NhvPf./cEeK4tTZivOFUvf"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 0ad9ee9e-3983-471b-b7ef-28af583a973f X-Archives-Hash: 4e01afa6b400e37ba0bb82c7f1039f19 --Sig_5NhvPf./cEeK4tTZivOFUvf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:49:31 +0900 Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@gentoo.org> wrote: | No need for a glep as far as portage support goes anymore than Ciaran | needs a glep to change or add syntax highlighting in vim. The difference is, Vim syntax scripts are well established, and there aren't any design issues to solve. Multiple repository support clearly *isn't* obvious, because the solution you've described is the wrong one. | There doesn't need to be a debate. This whole proposal doesn't care | about portage compatibility whatsoever and it's exactly this style of | thinking that slows down portage development (which everybody loves | to complain about so much). Sure it does. It cares about the way Portage is currently, and it cares about any reasonable future Portage changes. | As I said already, there will immediately be a bug asking for overlay | support. Portage already supports multiple in a form whether anybody | likes it or not. How they are supported and how they will change | should be of no concern to the glep. What should be of concern is | establishing a robust API between the readers and portage such that | future changes won't cause breakage. Ok, give me a list of every single future enhancement to Portage and I'll make sure the GLEP will be compatible with them. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (I can kill you with my brain) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Sig_5NhvPf./cEeK4tTZivOFUvf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDnbB696zL6DUtXhERAovyAJ91UZWs81SGPiGJNtaPsDYjoZ7f8QCgxX2x Gcei3l9cUnVFo4RDdPziG6U= =5lBV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_5NhvPf./cEeK4tTZivOFUvf-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list