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 53C21138A4E for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:40:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 91FFE21C00F; Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:39:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f170.google.com (mail-we0-f170.google.com [74.125.82.170]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81829E04D6 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:39:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f170.google.com with SMTP id z53so2679639wey.15 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:39:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=0XgbpvhsTSMmbL7F4X/zDP43h8RXOaB4hTeVBAt59j4=; b=pSHJSvyRnMZG+z1t1zWRaEfIJUOUobwOlr6J0ncW6l5sMNID+B18JvAjGKNNSCA7Wq a50x5YS47wfgWL6pjtR4VejrTET1HxZ9VNCcs/LmkaFsUa5XEmLiWIglOTR/hzGTEE2r kpQ1tTAvnaocGjnXBTBQBRt7E42x2+Zr+V885HH0P/suWi2i7hQgGVBXh3x257Vfb2QS 07+5G8bgNgUlXCyrDCE85Xe33/YIjvI/7gf9JacbXpKdjo4+UumhM/1CFYzy/bogmeoA ecjcmza4s9LAregu3Y3ToqvgLdil2gvKsXJ5NPAMm9M3cav7fQMp/G5pjbbP4/Jyv7SO xASA== X-Received: by 10.180.98.232 with SMTP id el8mr1171552wib.22.1360921195074; Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:39:55 -0800 (PST) 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 Sender: markos.chandras@gmail.com Received: by 10.194.18.137 with HTTP; Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:39:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <511D7F2D.1050208@flameeyes.eu> References: <511D5D6D.9010608@gentoo.org> <511D6998.6090804@binarywings.net> <511D7BF3.8070003@flameeyes.eu> <511D7F2D.1050208@flameeyes.eu> From: Markos Chandras Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:39:34 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: GbYutpzZz6ixyOoWWwFqsWde7nA Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] RFC: Graveyard project To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 81d183b0-b710-4f6a-86e9-45346e15ce3e X-Archives-Hash: 8093f74cbb9e508ab4cd2ea9fc56e554 On 15 February 2013 00:19, Diego Elio Petten=F2 wr= ote: > On 15/02/2013 01:15, Rich Freeman wrote: >> How? We don't support overlays in the main tree. I could see a >> package maintainer being nice if pinged by an overlay maintainer and >> delaying some change for a short time to let an overlay be updated, >> but issues that impact overlays should not be considered blockers on >> closing bugs on the main tree. > > The problem is when you have to triple-check that the user hasn't > enabled some random fucked up overlay and you have to guess whether that > might be the cause of the problem. Yes it happens, not so rarely. > That's not a good argument. You can't stop people from using whatever external sources they want. But you can easily spot what they use from a simple eix -e or emerge --info and close the bug as INVALID in the blink of an eye --=20 Regards, Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang