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@@ -1 +1,24 @@ Redcore Linux desktop ebuilds. Mostly stable and safe to use :) + +This overlay contains : + +* home backed ebuilds, not found in Gentoo's portage tree, or any other overlay +* customized Gentoo ebuilds to better suit Redcore's needs (e.g. dkms integration) +* patched Gentoo ebuilds if the ones in portage tree are broken or they have missing dependencies (it happens) + +Policy : + +* The home backed ebuilds will sometimes lack behind upstream releases, we don't actively check for new upstream releases. +But don't worry, we will eventually update them, no ebuild in here is forgotten or unmaintained. Once we loose interest +in one particular ebuild we will simply drop it. We won't keep it in here just because somebody "MAY" eventually use it. + +* Customisation/patching of Gentoo ebuilds will be as minimal as possible. However sometimes we can go wild and completely +change things, like adding/dropping USE flags, apply patches and so on. Most of our changes are USE flag conditional, so +the ebuilds can be used in upstream Gentoo without modification. All you will have to do, is disable our new USE flags. +In Redcore Linux the customised/patched ebuilds will always have priority, and we will apply masks to prevent Gentoo ones +from being pulled in. + +* If our patched ebuilds can be submitted upstream, we will do so, and drop the corresponding ebuild in here, if accepted. +However this is not always the case, as sometimes we will not obey to Gentoo's QA standars. And most of the time we don't +even need to do so, as Gentoo folks are very good at solving issues. So if an ebuild just vanishes from in here, just use +the corresponding Gentoo one. It means our patches are no longer needed. |