On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> One thing to keep in mind when we're talking about the download of
> historical binaries is the obligations of the GPL, etc, in that regard.
>...
> But once you start shipping historical binaries, as we're talking here,
Actuall
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> You're very correct about portage getting confused if the existing
> packages are outdated, since the tarball would be dropping in untracked
> files. At least in the past, portage wouldn't unmerge glibc or the like,
> but it ce
On 07/01/11 11:25, Duncan wrote:
> Nirbheek Chauhan posted on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:26:50 +0530 as excerpted:
>
>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Dale wrote:
>>> William Hubbs wrote:
>>> As a user, if a person hasn't upgraded in about 6 months, they may as
>>> well reinstall anyway. That is usua
