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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Reminder on dependencies.
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:02:45
Message-Id: 20051025185527.5af49e79@snowdrop.home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Reminder on dependencies. by Alec Joseph Warner
1 On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:44:03 -0400 Alec Joseph Warner
2 <warnera6@×××××××.edu> wrote:
3 | So define what you need to meet your goals, hell define your goals
4 | and agree on them ( or at least a subset ).
5
6 The goal is simple: have a working tree right now.
7
8 Any new dependency atom stuff would need to be at least a GLEP. That is
9 a separate discussion which is not relevant here.
10
11 | Right now it just looks like a bunch of people bickering over a
12 | policy issue.
13
14 No, we're discussing how to avoid having a broken tree. It is entirely
15 possible to have technical discussions which are not 'bickering' or
16 'flame wars'. A thread with more than a half dozen posts often just
17 means something slightly tricky is under discussion.
18
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20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron)
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