Package management and creation in Gentoo Linux
summary
Explains Gentoo's package management model by detailing Portage (the package manager) and the ebuild package format, showing how ebuilds are written and how the format has evolved. Emphasizes design decisions aimed at making packaging easier for authors and suggests how those ideas might be applied to other distributions or projects.
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