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| author |   Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2019-11-21 15:34:01 +0100 |
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| committer | Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2019-11-26 14:39:49 +0100 |
| commit | f706f2b0eed3e03f6e4d74f8416373e12697ce50 (patch) | |
| tree | 1ddb956cc83a81bf12da19d26375bd81e408d060 | |
| parent | quickstart/text.xml: call default in src_prepare() (diff) | |
| download | devmanual-f706f2b0.tar.gz devmanual-f706f2b0.tar.bz2 devmanual-f706f2b0.zip | |
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@gentoo.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml | 12 |
1 files 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> |