-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 > > This could lead to a future where the Gentoo tree is largely > superseded. Every user would just have their own repository, where > they could pick and choose packages from other users. The Gentoo tree > would just focus on a high-quality repository of the basic/core things > that everybody needs. Gentoo devs would spend most of their time > maintaining curated small and useful repositories. > [...] > > The final step is the most difficult (but then again we might never > get so far). It is two-fold. First we make the core/base repository. > Then we identify important subsets that can be logically separated > into repositories, and do this. >
Sigh. Every 2 years somebody else comes up with the same silly idea. 1) Who defines what everybody needs? 2) How do you enforce security and/or qa requirements on the rest? 3) Will you allow non-core dependencies? What guarantees are made there? 4) How do you make sure that different split-out repos actually work together? 5) "logically separated subsets" means either "loss of functionality" or "impossible to do" Independent of how many magic tools you whip up this will be a significant step down in functionality and quality, and a big step towards a big unmanageable steaming pile of cr... - -- Andreas K. Huettel Gentoo Linux developer dilfri...@gentoo.org http://www.akhuettel.de/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.1 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJXWKVmXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRDMjhGQ0IwRjdCRUQxMzdBQUNCMDJEODlB NDRDRjM3M0U3RUU5OUU0AAoJEKRM83Pn7pnkxRgP/1gOFT/J2dozw5yFVgjLTpRl dv2uQ1jYZSI6OFRj+0GWwNJEeOtw3mGddEgE59ut3zPVXXmdCgwsAo34A6rgxFsU zJuXBDinj/P6Zq+3Wp3bOmZuDNWZyKh27OC0tJ+w/dj1WALZhQVnz22b0/dmtrHT g3NX63BYni7nkJawrIf6f3pBmRjs0EPKuBvcyezEvv7ejLvtg7yKlfK02P8W2qJL iXBDVlQFu8IvAGFQVYD8ZyvNv/8oEebYJlepPjSj+TQ0tLvrBtNzxZOldKdwnGX8 /VvH2ooCfTL8R//16Fbaor5haI7f3WhqAWtuvVSyF7zWmWFnE/EOaLJNU610XYgN SEX3uuRjC3fo2aPmtqjt73C9Gmc0L8WU5/Vac4LWu/8VzPtDn9YNC3dU8VQeymlZ RqiVsmVR13isx7RwEvdakq4p+JVcn4N7ujMnxf0U5w6M+pY8kfBrLMK+6EoCAbDg RGpu6JlVrXKWlVMoH0Cw41hJB7d1LzUEV06PTajPHo2/akfgTaY0StEGZh+srlyW doTSImk7MlS/QixkkwmWa3vGZFMJ1FbAxgDpzQSgJa9u7FmKuNZWFlLMjOS2QmTG hQlF3Z4kSaSF0TAtpz/JsmXFi3pTIs1AP1t2AtuBAaW0H7yo6OPmJJ9CdobxDdqp NA1qExtuFYWuF9mKVjbs =c6wy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
