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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FgRED-0006qJ-OW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 17 May 2006 18:58:38 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k4HIvUcT028387; Wed, 17 May 2006 18:57:30 GMT Received: from smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.8]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4HIp8IH032477 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 18:51:08 GMT Received: from [172.23.170.147] (helo=anti-virus03-10) by smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FgR6y-0002Ny-7v for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 17 May 2006 19:51:08 +0100 Received: from [213.121.151.206] (helo=snowdrop.home) by asmtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1FgR6x-00087y-OP for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 17 May 2006 19:51:07 +0100 Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 19:50:46 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Paludis and Profiles Message-ID: <20060517195046.589df365@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <1147889572.16876.60.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> References: <20060516161549.442b4d8a@localhost> <20060517000910.5e1f1ccb@sven.genone.homeip.net> <200605170115.33956.kugelfang@gentoo.org> <200605171204.33647.pauldv@gentoo.org> <1147877875.16876.21.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <20060517160936.033a1cc1@snowdrop.home> <1147881924.16876.45.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <20060517172926.477daaed@snowdrop.home> <1147889572.16876.60.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.1.1 (GTK+ 2.8.17; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 52dff96e-3c95-4127-961d-8fbc68bd5e72 X-Archives-Hash: ada501cf8fae7ffe306ed345da4ee2ee On Wed, 17 May 2006 14:12:52 -0400 Chris Gianelloni wrote: | No. It isn't. I said that it can not build a Gentoo release, and | paludis can not.[1] Are you trying to tell me that I am wrong and | that paludis *can* build a Gentoo release? I'm really interested to | hear what magic you have used to distort reality to make this | possible. At present, no, since we haven't implemented non-tbz2 binaries. | #1. Can paludis work with catalyst? No. Nor will it ever, nor will it need to. | #2. Can paludis build all of the release materials required by the | Release Engineering release guidelines? No. Nor will it ever, nor will it need to. | #3. Can paludis build a portage-compatible VDB that can be used by the | Gentoo Linux Installer? No. Nor will it ever, nor will it need to. Your claim, specifically, was "It *is* essential if paludis were to ever be used for release building.". There is more than one way to skin a cat, and some of those ways don't involve getting blood all over the floor. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail : ciaran dot mccreesh at blueyonder.co.uk -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list