On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 00:23 +0100, Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: > On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 17:38 -0400, Mark Loeser wrote: > > As the latest long thread has shown, there seems to be a split (it is hard > > to > > tell exactly) on whether or not alternative package managers, that support > > Gentoo ebuilds to some degree, should be added to the tree and supported. > > Supported in this case means having their own profiles which may or may not > > work with Portage. There are currently a few different Portage rewrites, or > > alternatives, whatever you want to call them, and all of them have their own > > unique features being added to them which make them incompatible with > > Portage. > > Some don't even emulate Portage's "broken" behaviour which could also cause > > QA problems for us if we add the package to the tree. If a package is in > > the > > tree, it is implicitly stating that we are going to offer some level of > > support for that application, and it increases workload for everyone that > > may have an ebuild that works with one package manager and not another. > > > > Therefore, I am requesting at the next Council meeting that they discuss > > and decide on how we want to handle problems like this in general. This > > is not going to be the last time that someone wants to add their rewrite/ > > alternative of Portage to the tree. It should be decided if it is really > > in the best interests of Gentoo, its users, and developers to be adding > > these new managers to our own tree, instead of having them host their > > altered work on their own infrastructure. > > > > As the QA lead, I am requesting that until the Council convenes and decides > > on how we should proceed, that we not add anything else to the tree > > for the sole reason of supporting another package manager's features. > > This includes profiles or any other packages. This will reduce > > headaches for all of us, and hopefully cut down on needless arguments > > that get us no where. > > Good call Mark. I second this request.
Maybe I should have ellaborated on that, I do believe that the current thread has been somewhat educational for a 'newbie' like myself, but I also think that for the future it would be beneficial for people to know how to go about similar. :) -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
