On 03/22/2018 01:17 PM, James Le Cuirot wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:03:46 +0100 > Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> After 2+ years of repeating disagreements with Portage maintainer(s) >> I have finally decided to fork Portage. My little fork uses technical >> name of 'portage[mgorny]' [1] (to distinguish it from mainline Portage), >> and aims to focus on cleaning up code and adding useful features with >> less concern for infinite bug-by-bug compatibility. > > I hope you will continue with our efforts to drive regular Portage > forwards too. It's been a long road but also very productive. > > I notice that your fork cannot be installed at the same time as regular > Portage. I think this will really hinder any interest in it. As > Gentoo developers, we obviously have to make sure things work with the > official package manager and that goes for you too. Would it be > possible for them to coexist? I'm not saying I'll try it though, just > making a suggestion. :) >
You can probably use the PATH/PYTHONPATH approach described here as long as support for that has not been eliminated: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage#Testing_Portage -- Thanks, Zac
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