Hi guys, There's a small discussion going on on gentoo-doc [1] about documenting (or not documenting) advanced portage features in the Gentoo handbook. The suggestion currently is to have it as an added chapter in "Working with Portage" of which you can find a preview on [2] (don't mind the numbering).
[1] http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-doc/msg_f3c1439def8cd1df8b0f57fdbb7e6462.xml [2] http://dev.gentoo.org/~swift/docs/previews/hb-portage-advanced.xml The discussion however is if it is okay to document these things there or not. Some of the features are considered to be too "fragile" to be broadly documented (at least in a beginners resource like the Gentoo Handbook) and might cause eventual bugs to be closed as RESO:WONTFIX because the user used such a feature. Since you're the community at large for supporting stuff, we'd like to know if it is okay to document these things in the Gentoo Handbook (and if we need to put in specific warnings to ensure people don't abuse the functionality) or if you would rather not see it in. I personally don't think we cannot "not document" it. Eventually, the Gentoo WiKi will have it documented anyhow, and I already notice that many of the features are already used in #gentoo or gentoo-user@g.o. But there's still a difference between "not documenting" and putting it in the Gentoo Handbook. Thoughts? Suggestions? Wkr, Sven Vermeulen
