From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FMS7x-0000RV-G6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:53:33 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2NFr1M2029300; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:53:01 GMT Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.187] (may be forged)) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2NFpAZO017209 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:51:10 GMT Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id o60so358188nfa for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:51:09 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ryFGxUK/1N1rzfRiyb81ocWpyoy6MYNiDqOQRBZkYKux+yszbO6h9BUCg8D3+8a6Zw5gbE4pwCA3jpWbOF6OkGSmEHdyhoE0zRbM9WwDmr+Hym/FvfeSMdguNzmA6Y5RBSCzn3JdehwIsLJMh7RgGyq2QCJsDMG/PgTbfASfr5s= Received: by 10.48.220.16 with SMTP id s16mr574109nfg; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:51:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.48.211.12 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:51:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:51:09 +0000 From: "Stuart Herbert" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Official overlay support In-Reply-To: <1143127901.14434.33.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <441F35B9.8000406@gentoo.org> <4421836A.8040000@gentoo.org> <1143123468.14434.5.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <1143127901.14434.33.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k2NFpAZO017209 X-Archives-Salt: 4c9b7cca-22bc-40e8-ac4c-da56152d60ec X-Archives-Hash: 419d770bddaaf4457871fda9899c7677 On 3/23/06, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > I see no problem with providing these sorts of overlays to > bridge the gap between contributing users and developers. I *do* see a > problem with simply allowing random overlays from any developer for > anything. That's a reasonable point, and it's an experience I've not personally been on the receiving end of. But the flip side is reasonable too. Our governing metastructure is explicitly clear that: a) Projects are not mandatory, and b) That competing projects are allowed I don't see how we can limit overlays to just packages "owned" by the developers who own the overlay without violating those two policies. Best regards, Stu -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list