Re: [gentoo-dev] how to handle sensitive files when generating binary packages

[Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@ciaranm.org>]

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On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:08:33 -0700
Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > That's one use case, yes. Now what are the others?
> 
> Release building... Backups... Testing newer packages...

Now expand upon those.

> Oh yeah,and who said we really needed more than one use case?

If you make your design decisions based upon a single use case, your
design will probably suck when people try to use it for anything else.
Since people clearly are using binary packages for at least three
different things, all of those three things need to be considered.

>  I think providing tools to allow Gentoo to be adopted in the
> corporate environment is reason enough to have binary package
> support, and I feel that many people will agree with me.

You miss my point. I'm not saying binaries are useless. I'm saying you
should establish all of what they're used for before making changes. A
change that improves binary packages for one use case may make them
less ideal for others.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh


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