On Wed, 17 May 2006 15:25:08 +0100
"George Prowse" <cokehabit@gmail.com> wrote:

> Why risk anything by changing the tree to suit the package?

We're not risking anything, except upsetting a few people. We're not
changing anything either, just adding a few files.

Any adding is increasing the risk.

> It just
> seems like asking for trouble. The overlay ability is there for a
> reason.

Yes, to work around a lack of multiple repository support. It's not
there to try to mix profiles between repositories.

Surely then it would be better to work on a comprimise for the sake of Gentoo rather than paludis. Horse before the cart.

> Paludis isn't being used and should be kept out of the sphere
> of users use until it is usable, wont break systems and is
> trustworthy enough to be near the tree

It is, it is, it won't unless the user screws up (as with, say,
Portage), and it is.

So good working practice is to introduce a variable where breakages could come from two directions rather than stick with what works? Let the project mature before asking for changes from the Gentoo side.