On Sunday 14 September 2008, David Leverton wrote: > On Sunday 14 September 2008 21:37:21 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Sunday 14 September 2008, David Leverton wrote: > > > On Sunday 14 September 2008 19:28:28 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > > because not everybody wants to install that bloated thing > > > > > > Not bloated. > > > > I am sorry: > > extremly bloated. > > I see you're still as good at logic as ever. > > > > > watch it devour config files > > > > > > Lies. > > > > oh really? what happens when you forget the 'portage' useflag? Hm? > > It installs without support for reading Portage configuration files, in the > same way that almost everything else in the tree doesn't support Portage > configuration files. You surely wouldn't say that any of those "devour > config files" (at least not for that reason), so why do you say it about > Paludis? > > > > > and be insulted by the troll-brigade. > > > > > > The only people who get insulted are those who repeatedly and > > > deliberately spread vicious lies, FUD and personal attacks. > > > > oh really? There are enough examples of troll behaviour. Starting with > > Ciaranm himself. SPB and rbrown are good examples too. > > Again, lies and personal attacks.
yeah, sure. But no. Not lies. Or why were this guys forcefully retired? For their behaviour. Also: http://r0bertz.blogspot.com/2007/01/be-careful-when-you-are-on-paludis.html > > and that was an official api? Yes? No? > > Irrelevant. no, not irrelevant but the beef of the story. > Personal attacks etc. Just because Gentoo was forced to choose between > retiring some developers and losing a sponsor doesn't mean that anything > those developers ever worked on is evil. no, it just makes you think if you should really use a piece of software whose makers will insult and ridicule you.