On Qui, 2009-01-22 at 11:07 +0000, AllenJB wrote: > Mateusz Mierzwinski (me.matheos.org) wrote: > > - No main packages updates. > Define "main packages". If there are packages you know to be out of > date, file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org > > > > - No serious Gentoo-Wiki - rewritten after great boom! > Yes, the loss of content on Gentoo Wiki was unfortunate. An offsite > backup system has now been put in place so this won't happen again on > the same scale. Others have scraped Google Cache for most of the old > content and put it up at http://gentoo-wiki.info. Many have been busy > working on articles on the new wiki and it is fast returning to its > former glory (it's even better in some respects IMO - the rewrite has > been an opportunity to correct some issues). > > > > - Portage blocks! - in 2005 there was no blocks, system was stable and > > working with max performance - now blocks are needed - WHY?! > Portage blockers did exist in 2005. What's more, as of portage 2.1.6, > most blocks are now resolved automatically. > > > > - Amd64 have oldest packages developed by devs (much don't work). > This is completely false. I use amd64 on most of my machines and the > only thing I have issues with is Flash - but that's certainly not the > fault of the Gentoo developers.
I don't know if you are still using the 32bit version of Adobe's flash but if you are, I really recommend using the 64bit Flash 10. It has HUGE improvements in speed (it doesn't look I'm running flash anymore). It's only a alpha version but I find it more stable than previous versions: net-www/netscape-flash-10.0.21.1_alpha It might also have a lot of security issues, I don't care though. I use flashblock to run trusted flash content only. Just my 2 cents, Greetings all. > > > > - GLI death! People used GLI! You write OS for PPL, not for Your usage. > The GLI has, in my opinion, been in a poor state since its inception. It > has slowly gotten a bit better, but not enough. In my opinion it should > never have been an icon on the desktop of the livecd. It wasn't ready. > And for whatever reasons, progress on fixing its issues never seemed to > be that good. > > Also, you'll actually find most open source developers are in it to > "scratch an itch". It may seem completely selfish, but it works. > Developers volunteer their time on projects they are interested in. You > can't force people to work on things they aren't interested in in their > free time - it'll never work. > > I also believe there's an alternative project which is replacing the GLI > for what it was intended to be used for. Details of this will be in the > announcement when it is released. > > > > - Stupid ideas about kicking off creator of Gentoo - You using his work! > > That's sucks! Try to rewrite whole portage by Your own then You can kick > > off anyone You like! > No one "kicked off" Daniel Robbins - As far as I know he left of his own > accord. His relatively recent "return" is a long story and another issue > entirely. > > > > - KDE 4.1 packages updates... or should I say - none of it! Latest > > unstable version of KDE 4 is 4.2 version!!! > KDE is being worked on in overlays at the moment. Personally I don't > think it's ready for everyday use yet. I tried the 4.2 SVN versions > recently and it still had many issues. > > > > Check DistroWatch what You done with Gentoo! In 2007 Yr. Gentoo was 7-th > > place, and now? > Distrowatch ranks distros based on page views on its site. It's hardly a > great way to rank distros. > > AllenJB > -- Angelo Arrifano <mik...@gentoo.org> Gentoo Linux ARM/OMAP850 Developer
