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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HX1sf-0003tI-KA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:10:02 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l2TL8eLE024367; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:08:40 GMT Received: from outmail1.freedom2surf.net (outmail1.freedom2surf.net [194.106.33.237]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l2TL4uDZ018166 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:04:57 GMT Received: from snowflake (82-41-57-20.cable.ubr08.edin.blueyonder.co.uk [82.41.57.20]) by outmail1.freedom2surf.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 935D450EE3 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:04:56 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:04:57 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [soc] Python bindings for Paludis Message-ID: <20070329220457.57123efc@snowflake> In-Reply-To: <460C25F2.7030603@digital-trauma.de> References: <200703240028.15461.peper@gentoo.org> <200703251403.38629.vapier@gentoo.org> <4606BF5C.9060304@klever.net> <200703271519.29674.vapier@gentoo.org> <20070327211510.0b426e09@snowflake> <308E0F46-7457-48E2-956F-23FB8439B6FD@gentoo.org> <20070329095658.2851e8c4@snowflake> <9F32AF2F-86CB-4199-8E87-A93E7F5F372F@gentoo.org> <20070329185059.12bf7569@snowflake> <460C25F2.7030603@digital-trauma.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.1 (GTK+ 2.10.9; 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: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_ueXp.Sgm_awPNqubd.7BugD; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: e28a30fc-e1ef-4f6c-958e-ebe8a39d8466 X-Archives-Hash: 718e28d50ff124c5ff99d68f20f6396a --Sig_ueXp.Sgm_awPNqubd.7BugD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:47:46 +0200 Thomas R=C3=B6sner wrote: > Other things I want from Gentoo right now depend on factors other > than the package manager, too; prebuilt packages A package manager that supports a better binary package format (split out local metadata would be a good start) combined with a third party binary provider could deliver that with no tree changes. Heck, it's even doable with Portage's binaries, although according to a Gentoo-based distribution that tried it, your 30 minutes would be optimistic for -uDpv world... > binary-breakage protection Funnily enough... That one can be done without tree changes too via something we're calling reparenting. There're some vague suggestions of roughly how to do it at [1]. > > That Portage works does not mean that it is anywhere near ideal... >=20 > Nothing ever will be. :) Probably not, but they could be a lot closer to it. [1]: http://paludis.pioto.org/trac/ticket/129 --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_ueXp.Sgm_awPNqubd.7BugD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGDCn896zL6DUtXhERAvaOAKCWozTnsbwNE0emYw3edSYF5P3bWACgo9I2 w6aHwelkbZZ9L9hRSUmNHEY= =TSxY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_ueXp.Sgm_awPNqubd.7BugD-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list