From b72d41cb7c328908269b3801d1980d64d072c743 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Olexa Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:31:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] keywording: Add blurb about masking VCS ebuilds --- keywording/text.xml | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/keywording/text.xml b/keywording/text.xml index f41c8e3..0db8982 100644 --- a/keywording/text.xml +++ b/keywording/text.xml @@ -297,6 +297,36 @@ so that you can tidy up, file a bug. +
+VCS Ebuilds + + +

+ VCS Ebuilds should always be masked or without keywords. This applies to + "live" ebuilds (-9999*) or ebuilds that use a "VCS tag" or such to provide + some pseudo version-like number but still uses VCS to fetch. +

+ +

+ Keeping a VCS ebuild visible (non-masked) is bad for a couple of reasons, + here are a few that have been expressed by users: +

+ + + + +
+ -- 1.7.3.4