I totally agree to neil's assessment. Mike certainly has point that
Debian is more mature in some aspects (is has been around since '93).
That being said it is lacking so much in other departments that for me
it is no serious alternative to Gentoo (difficulty installing source
packages not in the apt repositories, inferior security support in
comparison to Gentoo to name a few).
I really believe we should give Gentoo some time to evolve (Gentoo was
first released in 2002) In time gentoo will become more mature and
better fit to our needs. In order to achieve this however we all need to
put an effort into making Gentoo the best distro available. So please
stop talking and get moving. Open a thread, mobilize people, contact
aforementioned Gentoo businesses. _Contribute_ in any way possible to
realize the features you envision.
On 12/31/06, *Neil Walker* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
wrote:
Mike Myers wrote:
> I just wanted to add something to the original post.
>
> I've recently began experimenting with Debian and noticed their
> updating system is exactly like what I was asking
about. Basically,
> there's package updates, and then there's distro updates. Why is it
> unreasonable for Gentoo to have something like this? I think it
would
> help Gentoo a lot in the server market, where scalability is
important.
If Debian does what you want then why not go with it? What would
be the
point in making Gentoo like Debian? Gentoo offers a different approach
which many of us like. It's all about choice - if you like Debian,
choose it - but don't expect Gentoo to turn into a Debian clone. It's
not going to happen.
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The update system is the -only- nice thing about it over Gentoo.
Debian is nowhere near Gentoo when it comes to everything else
(especially docs). I don't think suggesting a single feature that
another distro has and putting into Gentoo is trying to make it a
clone. I'm just asking for a relief from having to constantly worry
if updating something out of the 300 packages that need updated is
going to break something, and not having to make sure etc-update isn't
going to destroy my custom configs afterwards. If it wasn't for that,
Gentoo would be perfect. I'm sure there's got to be others that would
agree.
