>I'm also pretty sure that Gentoo doesn't do development work on Gnome, Fluxbox, Apache, >MySql and other packages. They just make ebuilds and put them in the tree so people can use >them.
if there is something unconvenient with used on the software ,gentoo will talk to the authors still , right ? like ibus last time (i just heard it from my friend) ^^ 2010/1/6 Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> > Stroller wrote: > >> >> On 5 Jan 2010, at 23:33, Dale wrote: >> >>> ... >>> Gentoo wasn't at fault here. KDE was the one that dropped the ball. >>> Gentoo had to follow the knuckle heads at KDE tho. >>> Dale >>> >> >> Between KDE & Gentoo, aren't most contributors volunteers? In volunteer >> development it's normal & necessary to focus on the features that one needs >> most. I can really understand KDE's position that downstream distros - Red >> Hat & Canonical both have paid developers - can continue maintenance on a >> codebase that is no longer receiving their primary attention. >> >> Stroller. >> >> > So, KDE is maintaining KDE 3.5? If KDE is/was maintaining KDE 3.5 then > Gentoo would still have it in the tree. If KDE is not supporting KDE 3.5 > then Gentoo has to drop it, as things break and develop security issues. > Again, this is not Gentoo's fault for not developing KDE 3.5, it is KDE > that dropped it. What Redhat does most likely won't affect what Gentoo > does. I don't use Redhat but I do use Gentoo. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > >
