-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:59:48 +0200 hasufell <hasuf...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 06/12/2013 06:51 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > > > > Teams, what are the main reasons for keeping that much stuff in > > overlays? > > > > It's a mix of easier workflow especially for contributors and less > responsibility/noise in case of bugs. > > If there is a bug in an overlay, you rather expect people to come up > with a pull request. > > Herds relying heavily on overlays and their portage packages being far > behind their overlay is just a prove that the herd is dying and needs > assistance. That goes especially for science.
Isn't it more an indication that Gentoo needs better package management support for overlays? - -- Ciaran McCreesh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlG4qcIACgkQ96zL6DUtXhGkvQCeOCoIQfdBLNifJxQpGmC0UOrO yZ8An0LmIV8S8AjIaSU5IVDeHa4RuysV =8keM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
