On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:01:45 +0300 Consus <con...@ftml.net> wrote: > Yeah, mgorny likes to do some provocative stuff like forking Portage.
Why the hell not? Once you have a source-based distro the package manager can be a matter of choice also -- so long as it accepts the existing package constructs as input. As pointed out earlier, Gentoo hasn't forked often, it's configurable enough that noone needs to fork it to have the results meet their needs. Pretty much the only thing we all have to have in common is the portage source packages; after that there could easily be mutliple installers. If you use an offball product you'd have to rely on whomever hacked it to get support -- vs. hitting up the usual gentoo list for help -- but if satisfies your needs using "frobnicate install..." why would having second package manager be all that bad? -- Steven Lembark 5725 Aylesboro Ave Workhorse Computing Pittsburgh PA 15217 lemb...@wrkhors.com +1 888 359 3508
