Marius Mauch wrote: >> I'm a bit confused about all the portage tree stuff. There's just >> under 25,000 ebuilds, which are maintained by about 100 devs (not >> sure of exact number, taken from a forum post.) I guess what I'm >> asking is why this isn't just a database. > > Please define "database". > OK, I accept that the existing setup can be called a database. As I'm sure you guessed, I meant a database application in the sense of a standard RDMBS, with finer grained control over permissions (ie per cp for new devs, per category or whole tree access for more experienced.) If it's a bad idea, no probs.
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