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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) [2]
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:14:34
Message-Id: 20071227181133.28ff5684@blueyonder.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) [2] by Roy Marples
1 On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:03:27 +0000
2 Roy Marples <roy@×××××××.name> wrote:
3 > On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 17:43 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
4 > > Or to put it another way, you're objecting to painting the house
5 > > pink rather than green because you don't like pink (because your
6 > > last house was green too), ignoring that it's been demonstrated
7 > > that when painted green, it's impossible to add a conservatory and
8 > > central heating because the green paint will catch fire and kill
9 > > everyone.
10 >
11 > Using your analogy you should then recognise that there is a strong
12 > dislike for pink and should seek a new colour that allows the building
13 > of said extensions.
14
15 And what colour would that be? We've already ruled out purple, brown
16 and yellow, and no-one has yet found any other colour of paint.
17
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19 Ciaran McCreesh

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