On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 01:51:39 +0900 Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There were two separate specifications - glep42 and multiple > repositories - that should have been discussed seperately. On a > seperate thread, Marius said something to the effect of "specs are > much easier to extend than to alter". Having read that, I think we > were both wrong - specification of a repository should probably have > been left out completely until repositories had been hashed out.
Which is what I was pushing for all along. I was trying to leave multiple repositories entirely out of it -- despite Paludis making use of them -- because the GLEP had nothing to do with multiple repositories. > To sidetrack just a little more, I think this illustrates one of the > reasons why having PMS (aka EAPI-0 spec) completed is so important. > Not only would it allow for Gentoo package manager(s) to be > interchanged/replaced, it would provide a incontrovertible context > for discussion of new features. There aren't going to be any new features in PMS. The only package manager changes that we want to come about as a result of it are bug fixes. Incidentally... Side note on PMS vs EAPI-0: the way PMS is written, it's deliberately very easy to integrate EAPI-1, EAPI-2 or whatever into the document. Consider PMS to be a document that is capable of holding all EAPIs, with EAPI-0 being the only one that's actually there for now. Once EAPI-1 is agreed upon, it can be added to PMS rather than having to be a whole new document. > This is really irrelevant. It's not matter of "if" he gets access but > only as to "when". After the initial work is done and the team is > ready to go public all his "noise" will come out. I can only think of > two choices here: 1) whether you and he both continue to be visceral > or instead try to build a good working relationship; and > 2) whether you discuess any issues with the spec now or when it goes > public. That's a fairly big difference. If it's later on, there won't be lots of holes that we know are there that he can use as some kind of twisted proof that PMS sucks. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail : ciaranm at ciaranm.org Web : http://ciaranm.org/ Paludis, the secure package manager : http://paludis.pioto.org/
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