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From: Alexander Berntsen <bernalex@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Handbooks moving to the wiki
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 16:34:29
Message-Id: 548C6A8D.9060100@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Handbooks moving to the wiki by Ciaran McCreesh
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4 On 13/12/14 17:27, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
5 > On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:02:57 +0100 Alexander Berntsen
6 > <bernalex@g.o> wrote:
7 >> On 13/12/14 16:53, Rich Freeman wrote:
8 >>> s/need/want
9 >> Pointless distinction.
10 > It's really not. Refusal to make changes that remove an obscure
11 > piece of functionality is one of the reasons Gentoo has stagnated.
12 It is a subjective sensation whether you are feeling a "need" or
13 merely a "want". "need" vs. "want" becomes a pointless exercise in
14 semantics bikeshedding if I can just redefine your "needs" as "wants",
15 simply because I do not care about them,
16 - --
17 Alexander
18 bernalex@g.o
19 https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander
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Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Handbooks moving to the wiki Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>