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Bug 866251 - Removal of multilib branch
Summary: Removal of multilib branch
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Portage Development
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Core (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Thomas Sachau
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Reported: 2022-08-24 01:14 UTC by Sam James
Modified: 2022-09-10 09:46 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
Council log excerpt (council-20220814-multilib.log,5.10 KB, text/plain)
2022-09-06 17:36 UTC, Mike Gilbert
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Description Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2022-08-24 01:14:32 UTC
Hello,

Per the council meeting on 2022-08-14 [0], the multilib eclass approach in gentoo.git is the official de facto and de jure solution to the "multilib problem".

As such, the multilib branch should be moved away from the official portage.git repository.

Please move the portage-multilib branch away to another location. The plan is to remove the multilib branch in 2 weeks.

[0] https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/message/77286085094c5f747b6fff164717e000
Comment 1 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis 2022-08-24 02:11:55 UTC
Removal would make it harder to check history later.
If any action is necessary, I would suggest to lock branch for commits instead of removing branch.


https://github.com/gentoo/portage/branches has distinction between "Active branches" and "Stale branches".
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git could also gain such distinction.
(Inactive branches could be shown e.g. on separate page.)
Comment 2 Thomas Sachau gentoo-dev 2022-09-06 16:39:30 UTC
You only linked the planned agenda for the council meeting.

Before any actions are taken, could you first of all link the actual decision from the council meeting (metting summary and full log)?
Comment 3 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev 2022-09-06 17:36:38 UTC
Created attachment 803539 [details]
Council log excerpt

The council has not made the official log available yet. I have attached the relevant discussion from my own log.
Comment 4 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev 2022-09-06 18:23:24 UTC
Comment on attachment 803539 [details]
Council log excerpt

Council log: https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20220814.txt
Comment 5 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2022-09-10 09:46:02 UTC
Removed per council decision.