Re: [gentoo-osx] The road ahead?

[Brian Harring <ferringb@gentoo.org>]

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On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:16:25PM -0700, Nathan wrote:
> > What's being worked on is a prototype- the prototype will be useful on
> > it's own, but the main point of it is demonstrating that it's doable
> > and the pros/cons of it.
> >
> > Please keep this in mind.  Bit of a reality check (kito and I are
> > operating under this)- comments of the sort "when portage supports
> > prefix "...
> >
> > Portage will only mainline support PREFIX if devs agree to the underlying
> > ebuild changes.  So... help make it clean, but be aware of the rules being
> > operated under please.
> 
> Very good to know, especieally as I was one of those assuming it was a
> "when" and not an "if."  Do the 'rules being operated under' consist
> of what you mentioned above (i.e. prefixed installs are a one-off
> prototype unless/until everyone accepts it), or is there more to it
> than that?

Nope, that's pretty much it.

PREFIX is a potentially large set of tweaks to the ebuild env 
requirements, some of the changes being a bit intricate- while it's 
not hard to make portage do said tweaks, those changes won't be 
mainlined in portage without gentoo devs agreeing to it.

Basically... I can't just mandate "y'all are now going to support 
this"- I could try it, but I also probably would lose a knee cap or 
two from the ensuing beat down.

Prototype work pretty much comes down to stepping up and taking a 
serious thwack at this thing so that a decision can be reached, rather 
then sitting back and making zero progress towards it arguing over it. 
:)
~harring

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