Re: [gentoo-dev] laying out arch profiles

[Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org>]

On 09-07-2007 11:47:45 -0700, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 18:47 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > you proposing we rearchitect it all or just for testing purposes before going 
> > live ?  i can see both ...
> 
> I am proposing rethinking all of it.  My current thoughts run something
> like this:

[snip]

> I'm creating an overlay for these profiles while I work on them, so we
> can easily get input on them and track the changes.  I'd like to get
> input on this schema for the profiles before I commit anything and am
> definitely interested in getting input from anyone with any profile
> experience.  Using an overlay will allow us to make changes (to base,
> for example) without disrupting the tree until we're ready.

While you're at it, in my own garden[1] I use some profile structure as
well.  This is not relevant to the big public, I guess.  However, might
be worth to keep it in the back of your head when designing new profile
structures, such that it in some way or another can be put into the
model using the same structure.

Thanks


[1]
http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/alt/browser/trunk/prefix-overlay/profiles/default-prefix

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Fabian Groffen
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