On Monday 19 June 2006 10:58, Trenton Adams wrote:
> > > One other benefit of this mechanism, that I can think of, would be
> > > that I could easily roll back to my last sync date or release, if some
> > > of the updated ebuilds caused me problems.
> >
> > That really should not be necessary. What you should of course do is file
> > a bug so the problems can be fixed for everyone.
>
> Well, one problem I had was not actually *really* bug.  It was a
> requirement that I did not fulfill, but was unable to figure it out
> instantly.  So, rolling back would have been very useful at that time.
>  It would just add another level of safety.

If an ebuild is removed from the tree while you still need it then chances are 
that others need it too. Then it is indeed a bug. If you need an ebuild that 
has been removed from the tree it is available from the cvs [1]. As mentioned 
in my previous mail cvs is going to be replaced by a superior VCS hopefully 
within this year.

[1] http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi

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Bo Andresen