From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEB281381F3 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:23:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D891E09BA; Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:23:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail2.viabit.com (mail2.viabit.com [65.246.80.16]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AE364E0949 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:23:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (c-68-49-223-78.hsd1.md.comcast.net [68.49.223.78]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail2.viabit.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3bVvzr5RFCz1hgX for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:23:04 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=orlitzky.com; s=mail2; t=1371057784; bh=jTN7sb4NXwNWzPl06fUxphk6Nkgq1UEdLidMy7jzK8Q=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=jqq7yO6NKLXZI+QmCme6KqlFpaeFGAfyvVzt/NzydkuqxAQwOfirle1l8IDd5jhdZ XtxCr9onh8CDas08Y4vTW3Wk/ZZTrAKp3JY94eJalHF1pkir8O7t1FDvrqJBglBT2o K6/NlxMJNEnQYw0qmcVnKOOdfuR0PhUP3YoLa1rg= Message-ID: <51B8AE78.5030702@orlitzky.com> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:23:04 -0400 From: Michael Orlitzky User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130607 Thunderbird/17.0.6 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Over-reliance of Gentoo projects on overlays References: <20130612185126.15f142b0@gentoo.org> <51B8A904.6060406@gentoo.org> <20130612180255.59f313b3@googlemail.com> <51B8AA59.8010603@gentoo.org> <20130612181312.774d0bd1@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130612181312.774d0bd1@googlemail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6a1pre Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2d85b531-7850-44c5-9403-fccd6374061f X-Archives-Hash: 1e7e1ee218477aad37e2a0dfea520655 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/12/2013 01:13 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:05:29 +0200 hasufell > wrote: >>> Isn't it more an indication that Gentoo needs better package >>> management support for overlays? > >> No. > > You make a persuasive argument. I realise now that the Summer of > Code projects for this were a mistake. > > We need worse support for overlays, i.e. no. Having to use >3 overlays defeats the purpose of a QA'd tree. Everything in an (official) overlay should be in package.mask instead. The main reason it isn't is because nobody wants to use CVS. For good examples, see sunrise or gentoo-haskell. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRuK54AAoJEBxJck0inpOiHCsP/ivXsWF4GMYNkzNTCYLUmTZI hXXuF2ZEx6c1nlml/BXNtmABFcE6IO6GthLqLW7P6lmVyxy9E5jtDXD6Hht2H05K JLP57LO9dUjHZDeZeElkQDhZ1BHWFhTA0wAvzZqodGtjUiuxDFvp58E8iVvnnqw+ b852Y5bSh1hNPeb6c/P/tcRekOrz8k98LBlJny+rmw6AlRZLcieeKcTe5XPhRD6s QE79saIDThrqRn2fvkgdSMYJ0XR3FfkFWDeRopcilIJwm6+gjmkzGmXjBFkjG0g5 ImpeCtjL/0m/2gjUhKcJIYCNYxM/TD8K0MFRUpXLPX6jd76U1IL77UmTWMNz2r7m 2Rlr8gkvn9Iutlw1mhcLjYe6gaypfnDDv7rPZiJlLbSMY9XLwB3tLwatUzbEveBw Bn0AliHppphdA7cs50C7DlAw6cLTZKsdGlqTQJWaMxNHyXftYRQb65zD1AhfMawr /1XQ97cUHtozySdPMHaQVwrm0I7FxUtuV1z3x484gEgvn184u3XLnJIxRB8+ykhP vM/Az7GmGqNzDUeOFBKi1GHjQRlniMZPCOv43/QaKrN6t1Sjnrl68zuYEW5ujf/g tPUnLnVWl8vRQ6PZYE4OfipT9ovaTJFivRpXHWER6FTIIeBoypWfIYCnV5hNCOUL t6uIkp0UbYWl2RAL+ZIM =tHMl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----