On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:13:48 +0200
Simon Stelling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeroen Roovers wrote:
> > On a minor note, I'd also like to see bug reporters use canonical
> > package names in bug descriptions, including the category (and
> > preferably the specific version, not some >=foo-3*!!!one, not to
> > mention specifying no version at all). Including the category means
> > arch devs won't need to guess/discover which of a few hundred
> > categories a package is meant to reside in.
>
> First off, I second that. Second, here's how you still get where you
> want without looking up the category:
>
> $ cd gentoo-x86/*/foo
That's why I explicitly mentioned "discover". It would have been
impossible to get ebuilds marked in response to stabilisation bugs
since November 2005 if I couldn't discover canonical package names on
my own... :)
Kind regards,
JeR
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