On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 10:41:04PM -0700, Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Klaus-J. Wolf posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted > below, on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:37:25 +0100: > > > Would you please discuss a GLEP draft, which I believe it might improve > > the usability of Gentoo? > > > > Text at: > > > > http://www.seismic.de/gentoo/gentoo_mask_proposal.html > > I'm just a user, not a dev, myself, so take this as you will, but the > general idea is the same sort of ultra-stable enterprise stability > targeted system that comes up for discussion here every so often, and > already has various levels of workable and not-quite-so-workable proposals > floating around. This particular one's in the not-quite-so-workable camp, > mainly because (1) it doesn't work /with/ portage or the way things work > now, but against it, in a number of ways (2) it doesn't consider the > different speeds at which different packages move (this is the big one, > there's likely never /been/ ten or even five versions of some packages > that have existed since there /was/ a Gentoo), and (3) it doesn't really > consider the way devs work. Point of fact, it's particularly from a user > perspective, not understanding a /lot/ about the "supply" side of the > distribution mechanism, only the /user/ or /demand/ side.
Duncan, you make some valid points but for the sake of ease for the rest of us, could you please try condense the mails down from several pages? :) -- Role: Gentoo Linux Kernel Lead Gentoo Linux: http://www.gentoo.org Public Key: gpg --recv-keys 9C745515 Key fingerprint: A0AF F3C8 D699 A05A EC5C 24F7 95AA 241D 9C74 5515
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