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| author |   Johann Schmitz <johann@j-schmitz.net> | 2013-08-17 09:44:20 +0200 |
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| committer |   Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@imgtec.com> | 2013-08-17 19:39:27 +0100 |
| commit | 7e2e605343c2a717b76a74b843aefefde3255a65 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b901220ea48c0d64d8b6fbc46609952722422e6 /general-concepts | |
| parent | Merge pull request #7 from ercpe/eclass-reference-links (diff) | |
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Add reference to the mirror page from the patch page
Clarify why it is a good idea to use dev.gentoo.org
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| -rw-r--r-- | general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml b/general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml index 7433e97..7a804d9 100644 --- a/general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/mirrors/text.xml @@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ pages</uri>. <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>. +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> |