On Wednesday 17 May 2006 20:50, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Wed, 17 May 2006 14:12:52 -0400 Chris Gianelloni
>
> <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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.

Am I correct in reading this like you will implement a catalyst replacement?

> | #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.

Will you then instead try to create new guidelines that do result into 
development of releases?

>
> | #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.

Why will it not need to? Usage and support of paludis would be a lot greater 
it it could work (with limited feature perhaps) on a portage compatible VDB. 
You might work with the portage team to have portage be aware of extensions 
in the VDB and handle them smartly (ignore them?). At that point paludis 
could offer extra features while being still portage compatible.

Paul

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