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From: Nathan <nathan.stocks@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-osx] The road ahead?
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On 11/1/05, Brian Harring <ferringb@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 02:10:03PM -0600, Kito wrote:
> > I'll let Brian answer this, but I'm fairly certain there is no chance
> > of this making it into the 2.0 series, 2.1 is dead, so 3.0 will have
> > to be our saviour (boooo! hsssss! bad pun)
>
> No way in hell on 2.0; 2.1 was released dead (the major changes of it
> are a year old), 3.0 would be the only _potential_ portage target.
>
> Why did I say potential?
>
> Cause I'm after making an ancillary point so everyone is on the same
> page here- portage will *not* have any prefix support without the
> ebuild changes being vetted by gentoo community.
I had to look up 'ancillary' and 'vet.' Vocabulary++.
> 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?
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