Pieter Van den Abeele wrote:

> I'm sorry to hear that. Feel free to contribute, -that- is what oss people do.
> Gentoo-ppc is a product directly related to the time volunteers spend on it, 
> saying that people who work on this are crap, makes them wanna leave.
> 
> no people == no gentoo-ppc
> 
> It is as simple as that. I am aware of these problems and am trying to fix them.
> have you tried if latest rc8 iso/stages fixes these problems? I need
> feedback. 
> 

Pieter,

I am not saying that the people who work on this are crap. I am saying
that the *quality* of what is being offered as Release Candidates has
declined. Very basic and intrinsic parts of the installation, such as
being able to find GCC or having a make.conf are broken.

I, as a user, have spent time on irc helping others over these problems
so they are not put off and migrate to a binary distribution that "just
works". I had even offered time to you as a tester with an oldworld
machine to help resolve some of these ppc problems. Time and resources
are limited for everybody, and by working as a community, we are able to
work around these problems. I can fix my system, and tell others how to
fix theirs, but you are the one who can actually prevent the problems in
the first place.

I was not trying to attack anyone personally, just expressing my
disappointment at the turn gentoo-ppc has taken recently.

tom


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