Re: [zynaut] Re: Repoteus: Zynot Tree Vision

Mark Guertin wrote:
> On 7/13/03 7:24 PM, "jesse" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>>One interesting thought is renaming binary builds to include the use
>>flags and arch i.e:
>>
>>evolution-1.2.4_ssl_mozilla_ldap_spell_pda_kerberos-pentium4.tbz
> 
> 
> This was suggested with Gentoo many many times as well.
> 
> I for one would like to see a much diminished set of static USE for binary
> packages (unless they are custom deployment type stuff), maybe setup in a
> profile.  This kind of name mangling can get confusing very quickly, and
> given the amount of variations on USE that can be present trying to offer
> binaries would be next to impossible, 3000 pkgs w/ average of 5 USE per pkg
> ... that makes for big math given all the possible combinations :(

I would like to see binary feeds which will be able to provide 
binaries built from a fixed USE flag. There can be many feeds with 
different USE setting out there on the internet, and user will be able 
to choose a feed match to his USE setting most.

For those user who don't want to spend a lot time to complie their own 
packages, a feed can provide them binaries packages. Otherwise, user 
can build from source code with ebuild.

Henry
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