On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 07:46:23PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > don't handle deps at all) > >... > > So, what do you think? Could this work? > > Yes, this could work. > That's what Gentoo is good at.
[ snip ] > Your priority are your users, and if Debian has decided to focus only on > some key architectures it would be the best for them to help them > switching to Gentoo instead of hacking Debian to become some cheap > Gentoo clone for most architectures. I don't view this as being a cheap Gentoo clone. In fact, I view srcinst as being the Gentoo idea, done right. Gentoo has a lot of problems, especially relating to difficult upgrades. Because of our superior packaging system, we are in a great position to hit the ground running and, with a little help from something like srcinst, come up with something that works -- and works better than Gentoo -- in a short amount of time. > If the Debian developers intereested in the ports Debian intends to drop > would switch to Gentoo for helping Gentoo to support all of their > architectures and for providing easy Debian -> Gentoo transition paths > this would serve your users better. Yes, but I hope that this proposal, or other suggestions, can help us avoid dropping ports. This specific proposal, for instance, is meant to provide us with a way forward that addresses the main concerns while still producing a quality, usable result for our users. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
