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On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Holly Bostick wrote:
Nick Rout schreef:
On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:12:31 -0700
Zac Medico wrote:
Hi Paul,
Are we really far behind? That's difficult to believe. For what
packages specifically? Do
you know how to unmask unstable packages (marked M or M~ at
packages.gentoo.org)?
Unstable does not really cut it IMHO. I am a gentoo enthusiast
through
and through, but plonking something in portage with a ~ beside it
does
not constitute a release of a recent version IMHO.
OK, I'll bite. What then do you consider "a release of a recent
version"
to be constituted from?
I don't really understand your question. The most recent version to
me coincides to a release date closest to whatever today is.
If it's been released upstream, and it's in Portage a couple of hours
later, so I can install it, I don't know what more you could want....
what, you want a Mandrake- (or worse, still, Debian) -style wait of
months before you can use the upstream version?
I don't agree with you. There are many examples where a file that has
been released upstream has not found its way into Portage. I've
provided examples elsewhere in this thread. You can also compare with
the Fedora feedlist.
I'll grant you that it's sometimes a little bumpy... but then you
might
as well be running Slack or something (not that there's anything wrong
with Slackware except the appalling package management).
I agree. I don't like like Slackware's package management either.
But since I have yet to find a problem I couldn't solve in a few
minutes-- and if I couldn't, it was clearly a dev issue/b.g.o issue,
where I could generally count on it to be solved within hours, if not
prior to my discovery-- I really can't quite see what you're on about.
Perhaps you've pointed out the difference in perspectives and
experience. I've run into a few problems where it has taken me longer
than a merely few mintues to resolve a problem.
I'm actually not "on about" anything. I'm interested in the
differrences/similarities between LFC and Gentoo, which I stated in
my original email.
What would be different in the Gentoo you envision?
Well, that's actually the question I'm asking.
Holly
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