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Hello. |
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I was a Gentoo user some 2.5 years ago and was very fond of it because |
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it updates frequently and includes newer versions of applications into |
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portage faster than other distributions. Later I switched away to |
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Ubuntu for working environment reasons (colleagues are using Ubuntu and |
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I got support / communication easier). |
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Now I just switch back to Gentoo and discovered, well, I am not sure |
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but looks a bit lag behind on updating portage. I only noticed two |
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examples: |
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1. Development for NVU wysiwyg editor has stalled for some |
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years, the other project continued its development called |
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"kompozer". Ubuntu has it there but I cannot find it in |
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Gentoo. |
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2. The other package arphicfonts are not developed for years |
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neither, a continue effort is the CJK Unifont project. In |
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Gentoo still there are only old packages. The new project |
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produce Chinese font that is used as default Chinese font in |
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Ubuntu. |
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Both new projects started after I switched away from Gentoo some |
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2 years ago, so it seems Gentoo didn't catch up. Maybe I am completely |
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wrong: I am sensative to these packages just because I am a Chinese |
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user and these two packages happen to improved for Chinese users a lot; |
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meanwhile there might be a lot other packages newly included in Gentoo |
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but overlooked by other distributions. But just how do you feel |
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generally? Is the portage keeping following up slower then before? |
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By the way I can compile these packages myself and I can contribut |
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ebuilds when I got some free time (e.g. in the coming holiday). I am |
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just a bit curious on how everything is generally going on in Portage. |
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Zhang Weiwu |
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