From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1O0Je8-00014a-F4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:13:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EF80CE0832; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:13:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rookery.halcy0n.com (rookery.halcy0n.com [69.72.242.50]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D888E081B for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:13:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rookery.halcy0n.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D9C88A5622; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:13:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:13:31 -0400 From: Mark Loeser To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] package.mask-ed ebuilds Message-ID: <20100409191331.GH1229@halcy0n.com> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="V4b9U9vrdWczvw78" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) X-Archives-Salt: dcee8646-8260-4b3d-86ed-f30191e24fcc X-Archives-Hash: 0e0e16c872f9500f3638f7d9f0d30c5e --V4b9U9vrdWczvw78 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nirbheek Chauhan said: > So, I can't find any documentation about this; nor can I find a > best-practices list. Can we add broken ebuilds in-tree as long as they > are package.masked? automagic deps, wrong deps, missing deps, file > collisions, etc etc? Even if it makes the ebuild completely unusable > by itself? Just use some common sense. If its completely broken, it obviously doesn't belong in the tree. If its something that somewhat works and is actively being worked on, then its probably safe to add it and package.mask it, with the intent that you are working towards getting it to a state that it will be unmasked. --=20 Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com --V4b9U9vrdWczvw78 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFLv3xbCRZPokWLroQRAuBWAKDmWsJtYMtv17EYDOiF6ZmeTzPI3gCeOjIQ jfpYQ9Sl+XjSI6fMp7K27VM= =1x56 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --V4b9U9vrdWczvw78--