On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:25:53 + (UTC)
James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
Hello List,
Does 'Layman -L' yield a comprehensive list or does
it just poll from a subset of the different Overlay
from a select number of sites?
layman -L lists all overlays the gentoo overlay infrastructure knows
about. Obviously it can't list overlays it has never been informed of.
Somewhere in the layman config there's an option to not list overlays a
machine can't use (eg git overlays where you don't have a git client),
I prefer to just leave it at the default and scan for red, green and
yellow asterisks when listing overlays
Does such a list exist that references (most) all
Overlay repositories and the Overlay ebuilds therein?
Are there sites that are known not to trust?
If 2 different repositories have different
(hacked ebuild) then where do you get
information as to which one you should use?
Sure testing them both is warranted, but maybe
there is a site where these Overlays are close
to becoming stable enough for inclusion in portage,
maybe a last stage clearing site or such?
No, such a thing would be impossible to maintains and subject to much
subjective whinging
Do some sites have standards and other sites
let anyone put up a development ebuild?
I suppose so, just as different developers have different standards and
different policies on what patches they will accept
'layman -S'
Are the listings automatically refreshed or
do you (should you) issue one master command to sync (update)
all of the repositories or sync per each repository?
layman -S updates all of your local repositories at once
Just looking for some feedback on these non
official ebuilds, in a general sense. I have had
very different experiences with Overlays and was
wondering if I have missed some wisdom along the
way..?
Like everything else in life, people are involved and you have to work
on reputation and decide what you like. Sort of like choosing wives -
you can get lots of recommendations out there, all meaningless :-)
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Overlay#Listing_and_Adding_Overlays
Best reference on the subject?
It's a simple enough topic. Last time I read that page it seemed to
cover all reasonable bases, as did the official gentoo doc
--
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckin...@gmail.com
