Hi, On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:28:52 -0400 Seemant Kulleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 20:42 +0200, Matthias Langer wrote: > > > > > i don't think that personal issues should be taken into account > > when it comes to choosing a new official package manager for gentoo. > > It's relevant in that people have to work with the developers of the > package manager. Unlike most other things in the portage tree, the > package manager ties very closely to the very definition of the > distribution itself. Hence, if people are unable to get along, then > by adopting a package manager like that, you inherently adopt the > developers of that package manager and all the personnel issues that > accompany it. > > Ideally, however, I agree with you that it should be based on > technical merits. The reality is that there are people involved. And > people always complicate things. Isn't it true that people are meant to solve/facilitate things, not to make them harder/"more complicate" ? Rumen -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
