From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.3 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_FUTURE_03_06, DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from obelix.spectraweb.ch (obelix.plusnet.ch [194.158.230.8]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE415ABD8F for ; Sun, 9 Jun 2002 10:24:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: from seul.org (adsl-p42-dialup-89.adslplus.ch [195.141.144.89]) by obelix.spectraweb.ch (8.11.2/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) with ESMTP id g59FOA004122 for ; Sun, 9 Jun 2002 17:24:10 +0200 Message-ID: <3D03C6D0.80707@seul.org> Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 17:21:20 -0400 From: Marko Mikulicic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Contribute many ebuilds at once References: <3D02F8A8.7030108@seul.org> <200206091256.52748.pauldv@cs.kun.nl> <3D0391D8.7090003@seul.org> <20020609122537.GA15971@bingo.localdomain> <3D03A270.10101@seul.org> <20020609144019.GA16397@bingo.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: cd192457-a945-4272-bd60-68ff73f0c5ec X-Archives-Hash: d8ddab064cd369e5f90365e97adf90c3 Jeremiah Mahler wrote: > > I imagine it as something where the user configures the > minimum level of packages that they are willing to install. > For example, a user might only be willing to install packages > that are stable or rated 4/5 by 20 or more people. I'm not sure that many people would like this, because nothing stops someone to multiple rate a package. (you can make it difficult, but not so difficult). It could be good, and perhaps an option for non production systems used to test gentoo. But I think that a clean cut somewhere must be made. For example all packages non labeled definitive are placed in a category. When you emerge rsync the files are updated and the rating is contained in the .emerge "RATING = 5". You can browse packages, install them by hand, but they should not be used as depend for a stable ebuild. This way an administrator has more control over what gets installed and it can be a bit more relaxed when installing official packages. I don't know if this could be done better with masks, and here I would like to hear more experienced gentooers than me. I have felt the need of something like this because when when I build a ebuild script and submit I have to wait some long time. If a friend of mide needs this ebuild a copy it to him, which then pass it to his friend which fixes a bug, then .... in the mean time changed something .... chaos. I think the more difficult part is to develop a policy, which should not be too restrictive but should also be secure. > > I am not sure how to implement it yet. Where there is a will > there is a way. I'm more concerned with the requisites right now. Implementation is important but you can't implement something if you don't know what you have to do. Marko