On 20/12/06, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/20/06, Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<SNIP>
> > I understand that every package is out there in some repository on the
> > web. I think Neil has pointed me toward it once or twice at least. The
> > problem is for a user type like me, and yes, I'm *purely* a user type,
> > it's a bit beyond my skillset today to go get it and build the overlay
> > myself.
>
> Is there, or could there be, a method for giving say 7 days notice for when
an ebuild is going to be removed? Or, what about keeping removed ebuilds somewhere
on the gentoo website or someplace for say 28 days. So if you want it, you can
grab it and put it in an overlay or wherever.
>
I'm sure this exists already. I don't know where it is but high level
users like Neil and others have pointed me at it before.
My personal problem was not finding it but moving it to my machine and
creating the overlay. I'm not sure of directory structure. I don't
know all the files that have to be there and where. I don't know about
running digests, etc., and being a user I'm not all that interested in
that stuff.
My thought was that if I had a directory that looked like portage but
held the old ebuilds then nothing gets removed - it just gets moved. I
could then moved that directory in this local repository to an overlay
and eix/portage would see it again.
Anyway, thanks for the interest and the ideas.
As for family members not a single one of them, except possibly my son
today could even have a chance of setting up a Linux box. My son's
first computer was RH when he was 6 or 7. Today's he's 14, runs
Gentoo, rips CDs, uses Aqualung & xmms. He *might* get through a RH
install but not Gentoo.
It's not like Gentoo is the only distro out there. It's only worth
starting from if you have (and are willing to take) the time to read
the docs.
It's not that Gentoo is so hard. It's that
none of them know anything about 'vi' so how could they even edit a
config file and give the system an IP address or point it at a name
server? (Maybe the graphical installer but I'd not let them try for
fear they'd wreck existing Windows installs trying to load it.)
Well last time I installed Gentoo the default editor was nano...with
all those lovely instructions on how to use it </sarcasm> cluttering
up the screen. Again, if you are going to take the time to READ the
instructions, it's not hard.
Sometimes it's the things experienced people take most for granted
that can be the most difficult for new people.
Granted, but most people are capable of reading and typing (even two
fingered typists). There are a lot more "consumer" gadgets that need
manuals (at least for "higher-order functions") than just computers.
Jeff
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