[gentoo-dev] DRAFT GLEP: MULTI-REPO

2005-12-17 Thread Andrew Muraco
Attached is a draft of a glep for formalizing multiple-repository support This is far from ideal in many ways, but i'm too tired and I drank too much caffine to be sane. Also, i have no clue how to use docutils so i just tried my best. (** is my way of doing another level of bullets, please

Re: [gentoo-dev] DRAFT GLEP: MULTI-REPO

2005-12-17 Thread Andrew Muraco
I apologize for the caps in the subject. Andrew Muraco -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] draft glep: multi-repo

2005-12-17 Thread Brian Harring
Pardon bluntness; don't mean offense, just specifically picking the hell out of this proposal to make a point (lucky you) :) On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 03:17:44AM -0500, Andrew Muraco wrote: Attached is a draft of a glep for formalizing multiple-repository support I appreciate trying to chip in,

Re: [gentoo-dev] draft glep: multi-repo

2005-12-17 Thread Brian Harring
On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 11:25:58PM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:15:48 -0800 Brian Harring [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | True stand alone repository capabilities aren't required/bound to | glep42, all that's required out of glep42 is that the syncing repo id | be used now

Re: [gentoo-dev] draft glep: multi-repo

2005-12-17 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 16:14:15 -0800 Brian Harring [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | What remaining straw men are there for ignoring the portage | developers requests? Asking you to specify how multiple repositories will work before I try to extend the GLEP to support multiple repositories is hardly a

Re: [gentoo-dev] draft glep: multi-repo

2005-12-17 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:01:59 -0800 Brian Harring [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Do you need to know how every bit of a car works to drive it? No. No, but I do need to know whether it has manual or automatic gears, and where the steering wheel is. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (I can kill

Re: [gentoo-dev] draft glep: multi-repo

2005-12-17 Thread Brian Harring
On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 01:08:31AM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:01:59 -0800 Brian Harring [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Do you need to know how every bit of a car works to drive it? No. No, but I do need to know whether it has manual or automatic gears, and where the