> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Case in point, portage I have read has a lot of hacks that are hurting development. In the end it works pretty well but it makes it really hard to add more "features" without messing up something else. So, someone needs to make a decision on what needs to happen with that. Some say rewrite portage, some say switch to C** and some say switch to Plaudus (sp?). This just seems to be one thing I have read about.
I'm sure Portage (the program) has allot of hacks in it but I'm also sure that had those who advocate its shortcomings been concerned about backwards compability with older stable versions they would have been more humble in there criticism. > Like you, I wish I could do more. I would be willing to learn to code if I felt it was worthwhile. I am disabled so I have plenty of time to learn and contribute but after my past experiences on -dev, I won't be repeating that for a VERY long time and only after some things change. The devs complain about not having enough help but when someone wants to learn and help some they sort of shoot themselves in the foot. The best way to help out is to try and join a team/herd. They are much friendlier then the -dev list and in much need of help. The easiest way I think is to join an arch team as an arch tester. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
