Re: [gentoo-project] Introducing an optional files directory in the Portage tree with an embedded install condition and individual maintainers. (was Re: [gentoo-project] Proposal for add-on file utility (run after emerge update))

[Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org>]

On 16 June 2013 23:02, Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:31:10 -0400
> Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org>
>> wrote:
>> > Either by denoting USE flags in USE as special _or_ introducing a
>> > separate OUSE variable.
>> >
>> > They don't have to be "openrc", "cron", "systemd" but could be like
>> > "init-scripts", "cron-files", "systemd-units"; to not collide with
>> > any existing USE flags, if any.
>> >
>> > Do they start to depend on each other? Why?
>>
>> Bottom line is that in order to accomplish any of this we need to
>> expand PMS to specify a syntax, implement this stuff in portage, and
>> then start modifying all our ebuilds so that heaven-forbid you don't
>> get an openrc script installed if you don't set USE=openrc.
>>
>> I don't think any of this is worth it for a one block text file.
>

I believe this proposal aims to workaround the "we can't work
together" problem than actually providing
real benefit to the way we maintain packages.

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Regards,
Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer
http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang