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From: "Stuart Herbert" <stuart.herbert@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Official overlay support
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On 3/24/06, Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org> wrote:
> At least in my mind the overlays should be developmental overlays; not
> for public comsumption.  This doesn't mean "don't tell anyone about it
> so that no one shows up."  It means "interested users will probably
> inquire about helping out, etc...and can be granted access fairly easily."

That undermines the idea of using the overlays to attract current
non-contributors.

Best regards,
Stu

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