[gentoo-user] Re: XMMS: Bye, Bye Gentoo
· Mike Huber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There are plenty of packages within portage which have no longer been maintained for just as long as xmms (see cgoban for an example). Possible, yes. It seems that this is a rather silly choice of packages to single out. Do they require as many patches? Do they also rely on old (even deprecated?) versions of a toolkit? And in how far are other mistakes a justification for making a mistake? Alexander Skwar -- May your camel be as swift as the wind. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: XMMS: Bye, Bye Gentoo
On 12/1/06, Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: · Mike Huber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There are plenty of packages within portage which have no longer been maintained for just as long as xmms (see cgoban for an example). Possible, yes. But even if that occurs, it really isn't a big deal. You'll just need to copy the ebuild to your local overlay and preserve the distfiles. Portage makes it really simple to manage packages outside of the main portage tree. And if you have a problem with the ebuild, it is fairly easy to find someone willing to help. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
