On Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:25:51 -0400 Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Brian Dolbec <dol...@gentoo.org> > wrote: > > > > It does not other the the metadata.dtd file it checks for updates > > and updates itself with. But that is very likely to change with the > > rewrite I have in progress (albeit slowly). I have also seriously > > been contemplating splitting off it's release from the main portage > > package. > > > > Now I remember the conversations. Having repoman rules at the > repository level, local system level, and a few others (I forget where > the thread was). Overlays can have their own rules, and so on. It > doesn't make sense to update portage every time there is a new QA > policy. > EXACTLY! There will still need to be occasional releases due to the need for additional or changed code. But for trivial changes like deprecating an EAPI or adding a new eclass,... That is all data it can easily download or even get within the git/rsync tree. Then just iterate over the various entries. There will be no need for a new release. -- Brian Dolbec <dolsen>
