Re: [arch-general] Curious about arch repository policy

2018-03-27 Thread Bardur Arantsson
On 2018-03-27 22:13, Leonid Isaev via arch-general wrote: > > But I thought [core] was supposed to be self-contained, or it only used to be? > Not sure about the history here, but given the fact that most systems are bootstrapped from e.g. a cross-compiler, I don't think there's any real system

Re: [arch-general] Curious about arch repository policy

2018-03-27 Thread morganamilo via arch-general
On 27/03/18 21:13, Leonid Isaev via arch-general wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 08:39:30PM +0100, morganamilo via arch-general wrote: On 27/03/18 20:34, Leonid Isaev via arch-general wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 08:27:16PM +0530, Sudarshan Kakoty via arch-general wrote: Hello... I was

Re: [arch-general] Curious about arch repository policy

2018-03-27 Thread Leonid Isaev via arch-general
On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 08:39:30PM +0100, morganamilo via arch-general wrote: > > > On 27/03/18 20:34, Leonid Isaev via arch-general wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 08:27:16PM +0530, Sudarshan Kakoty via arch-general > > wrote: > > > Hello... > > > > > > I was reading "Arch Wiki" and felt

Re: [arch-general] Curious about arch repository policy

2018-03-27 Thread morganamilo via arch-general
On 27/03/18 20:34, Leonid Isaev via arch-general wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 08:27:16PM +0530, Sudarshan Kakoty via arch-general wrote: Hello... I was reading "Arch Wiki" and felt curious about that difference between extra and community repo. Some packages, such as "meson" is in the

Re: [arch-general] Curious about arch repository policy

2018-03-27 Thread Leonid Isaev via arch-general
On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 08:27:16PM +0530, Sudarshan Kakoty via arch-general wrote: > Hello... > > I was reading "Arch Wiki" and felt curious about that difference > between extra and community repo. > > Some packages, such as "meson" is in the "extra" repo, whereas "ninja" > is in "community"

Re: [arch-general] Curious about arch repository policy

2018-03-27 Thread Jelle van der Waa
On 03/27/18 at 03:13pm, Dragon ryu via arch-general wrote: > 2018年3月27日(火) 23:57 Sudarshan Kakoty via arch-general < > arch-general@archlinux.org>: > > > Hello... > > > > I was reading "Arch Wiki" and felt curious about that difference > > between extra and community repo. > > > > Some packages,

Re: [arch-general] Curious about arch repository policy

2018-03-27 Thread Dragon ryu via arch-general
2018年3月27日(火) 23:57 Sudarshan Kakoty via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org>: > Hello... > > I was reading "Arch Wiki" and felt curious about that difference > between extra and community repo. > > Some packages, such as "meson" is in the "extra" repo, whereas "ninja" > is in "community"

[arch-general] Curious about arch repository policy

2018-03-27 Thread Sudarshan Kakoty via arch-general
Hello... I was reading "Arch Wiki" and felt curious about that difference between extra and community repo. Some packages, such as "meson" is in the "extra" repo, whereas "ninja" is in "community" repo. The interesting fact is that - is an implicit dependency to "meson". So why that is (ninja)