On 2/24/06, Grobian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yeah, I agree with that.  Question here is, however, do we want
> eventually to have mainline tree support for this (deviating more and
> more from the "Linux" aspect of the tree) or do we want to keep it more
> or less separate.  Separating keeps purists happy, as they can either
> RSYNC_EXCLUDE it, or just don't rsync the whole 'OSX-tree'.  (giving
> some examples)

That got me thinking about portage rsync'ing in general.  Is it/would
it be possible to rsync a subset of the portage tree based on
keywords? IE, only rsync things to my local gentoo server if they're
keyworded "~x86" or "x86" or "sparc", for example.  That would be a
cool feature if there were a clean way to implement it.  Reduce
syncing time and bandwidth usage on rsync mirrors.

> I'm absolutely not sure about what the right attitude towards this
> should be.  It also addresses the question: what will Gentoo for Mac OS
> X become?  A better Fink, or just a tool that can build anything for OSX
> from source?  (think of Adium, Camino, Vim, etc. etc. next to all the
> console applications)

I've always wanted it to be like portage, just in a secondary package
manager role...including both fink/dp-type functionality PLUS cool
stuff like building anything for OSX from source.  Of course, I also
want my powerbook to project holograms and absorb laser blasts, so
take that for what it's worth.

~ Nathan

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