On Thu, 18 May 2006 12:03:23 +0200 Paul de Vrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | There is only one case in which paludis should be supported by the | tree. This is when paludis works towards being usable as a portage | replacement. If the paludis authors do not aim at replacing portage, | I suggest them to start their own distribution or (fork / derived | distro).
Paludis can already be used as a Portage replacement, if one so desires. It's still kinda rough around the edges, of course. | When paludis aims to be a viable replacement for portage, it must | follow the requirements that hold for such a replacement. This means | that at some point it must be possible to replace portage by paludis | in a compatible way for all uses, including release engineering. If | alternative ways to achieve the same better are provided that is also | ok. A release is something to achieve, not some means to achieve | something else. No, a release is merely a means to the end of installing a system. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail : ciaran dot mccreesh at blueyonder.co.uk -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
