commit: f706f2b0eed3e03f6e4d74f8416373e12697ce50 Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Thu Nov 21 14:34:01 2019 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Tue Nov 26 13:39:49 2019 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=f706f2b0
general-concepts/mirrors: Clarify that files must be distributable. It makes no sense to require that files are distributable only by the Gentoo Foundation; they should be freely distributable by anyone. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/700888 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml b/general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml index 703b705..37e05e3 100644 --- a/general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml @@ -88,11 +88,13 @@ Infrastructure project's Distfile Mirroring System page</uri>. <title>Suitable Download Hosts</title> <body> <p> -If you have to host a source file (patch or tarball) yourself, as long as it is suitable to be -distributed by Gentoo Foundation (by license and legality), you're suggested to use your developer's -space at <c>dev.gentoo.org</c>. Since external overlays may depend on your patches/tarballs, using the -dev space at <c>dev.gentoo.org</c> keeps the distfiles at a stable and reliable infrastructure. If you -retire, other developers can take over your distfiles and place them into their own devspace. +If you have to host a source file (patch or tarball) yourself, as long as it +can be freely distributed (by license and legality), you're suggested to use +your developer's space at <c>dev.gentoo.org</c>. Since external overlays may +depend on your patches/tarballs, using the dev space at <c>dev.gentoo.org</c> +keeps the distfiles at a stable and reliable infrastructure. If you retire, +other developers can take over your distfiles and place them into their own +devspace. </p> <p>
