On 08:24 Sun 07 Aug, james wrote:
> On 08/07/2016 02:38 AM, Consus wrote:
> > On 08:48 Sun 07 Aug, Michał Górny wrote:
> > > Sure we do. In the meantime, nobody uses gentoo anymore because it
> > > still can't deal with accepting contributions and in the meantime the
> > > few last developers retired, and users long ago switched to the
> > > comparatively recent distribution of Debian stable.
> > 
> > Finally the voice of reason.
> 
> Reasonable?  Are you kidding?
> <rolling on the floor with laughter, uncontrollably >
> 
> In this day and age, quick installs are the mantra, either for VMs or
> containers or workstations, particularly for application-specific-servers or
> a variety of security apparatus. Although the 'handbook' is an excellent
> reference guide and noob-filter, the simple fact of the matter is most (nix)
> professionals consider the gentoo install system to be arcane and an
> incredible 'cost barrier to entry'. THAT, the lack of a well thought out,
> smooth, quick/easy install which is intentionally not  available, because it
> is seen as a satanic idea, is the 800 pound gorilla on why folks
> passionately avoid gentoo.....

Err... On that one I agree. How the hell does it change the fact that
GitHub improved contributions?

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