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On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 10:12 +0100, Matthew wrote: |
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> I don't know if it's even possible but: can the next livecd release |
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> please include reiser4-support? |
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It isn't in gentoo-sources, so no. |
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> given its current state (it's pretty stable, all maior problems / |
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> flaws should be fixed) and there's already a 2.6.24-patch it should be |
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> not a big deal to include it |
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It isn't in the mainline kernel, which means it isn't in the kernels we |
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use for our release. As such, the missing support is a kernel issue |
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which needs to be taken up with Linus and his gang. ;] |
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> since gentoo is about choice, speed, stability -> individuality :) |
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No, Gentoo is about *empowerment* and you're more than empowered to grab |
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our specs and make your own CD/DVD/whatever with whatever programs and |
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sources that you want on it. There's nothing stopping you and we've |
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provided you with all of the tools that you would need to do so. |
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Remember, *we* don't have to do/support something for it to be possible. |
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That's the idea behind empowerment. We give you the power to do what |
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you want. We're not about "choice" or we'd have to include every single |
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crazy idea anyone ever had, even if it was a failure, simply because it |
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offered "choices" to our users. |
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Nope, we're about empowerment. We empower you to do as you wish. At |
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the same time, we're empowered to only support what we deem worthy of |
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our support. Things outside the mainline kernel are normally considered |
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unworthy by us. |
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> that would surely be a nice step forward, reiser4progs is already in |
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> the portage-tree, so it would be also great to have a kernel with |
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> reiser4-support (you could mark it *warning! only for experienced |
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> users ;) * / mask it) |
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I could add the reiser4progs easily enough, but kernel support would be |
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lacking due to the reasons mentioned above. |
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> baselayout-2/openrc-support is still not working for everyone but it's |
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> getting there (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195988) |
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Yeah, they're not stable yet. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering Strategic Lead |
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