On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 22:09 +0300, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > On 5/22/08, Stephen P. Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > While you are working at it, you need to verify the result of each > > > > step. And of certainly don't want it available on your system before > > > > you finish! > > > > > > Then chuck a 'die' in the ebuild. > > > > > > Or do your development in a chroot where adverse consequences of > > installing to / don't really matter. > > Hi! > > Just to understand, are you one of the paludis developers? Just want > to understand if this is formal point of view.
I am not a paludis developer. I am, however, speaking from experience. > As I don't think the overhead of chroot or preparing package that will > effect --install world is correct during development of specific > ebuild release. Overhead of a chroot? With how cheap disk space has become these days, this should be a non issue. Besides, surely you want to install $APPYOUAREDEVELOPING to a userland to test if it actually works in addition to getting past all the phases. -Steve
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