[gentoo-dev] Package managers and new repositories formats

2010-05-08 Thread Auke Booij
w repository types in current package managers, how should we go about constructing a common interface for new format definitions and why is it always on days like these I run out of coffee? Thanks for all your thoughts! Auke Booij / tulcod.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Tone in Gentoo

2010-06-17 Thread Auke Booij
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:32:51 +0200 > Sebastian Pipping wrote: >> I wouldn't feel to bad if Gentoo is widely recognized as the >> distribution with the most friendly community around in 2011. > > Wouldn't you rather it be recognised as the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Policy for late/slow stabilizations

2010-06-27 Thread Auke Booij
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Markos Chandras wrote: > Thoughts? If Gentoo doesn't seem to have time to maintain the stable tree, why have it in the first place? What really is the advantage of having a stable tree?

Re: [gentoo-dev] Policy for late/slow stabilizations

2010-06-27 Thread Auke Booij
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Markos Chandras wrote: > What? I am talking about exotic arches and I didn't say to drop to > entire stable tree. Just to shrink it in order to keep it up to date > more easily But my question stands: what really is the advantage of having a stable tree, when you c