Re: [gentoo-dev] `paludis --info' is not like `emerge --info'

[Richard Freeman]

Andrew D Kirch wrote:
> I reject the premise that war should always be prevented.  I am however
> concerned that criticism where criticism is due is flame baiting.
>

The original post did not contain any constructive criticism of paludis 
at all.  It simply stated that under no circumstances should anybody 
ever adopt anything that was done first in paludis.  That is simply 
flamebait.

If you think there is a good reason not to have an emerge --info 
<package> feature by all means state it.  However, let's discuss issues 
based on their merits -- preferably their technical merits.  I fully 
acknowledge that other non-technical aspects of decisions also matter, 
but they need to be talked about constructively.

Ironically the relationship between the paludis and portage camps is 
probably the best I've seen it in the last year or two.  Maybe I just 
don't get on IRC often enough.  :)

I think that taking these steps is a good move.  Package maintainers 
should be focusing on the ebuild's environment and not the particular 
program being used to invoke the ebuild. If it becomes clear that the 
problem is that a package manager isn't complying with the PMS then by 
all means point fingers at the guilty parties.

Gentoo is about choice...