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Modified: index.xml |
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Clarify what exactly #gentoo officially supports. Thanks to Wulf C. Krueger <philantrop@g.o> for pointing out this glaring omission. |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.38 xml/htdocs/proj/en/ops/index.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/ops/index.xml?rev=1.38&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/ops/index.xml?rev=1.38&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/ops/index.xml?r1=1.37&r2=1.38 |
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Index: index.xml |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/ops/index.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.37 |
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retrieving revision 1.38 |
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diff -u -r1.37 -r1.38 |
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--- index.xml 31 Mar 2008 15:18:13 -0000 1.37 |
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+++ index.xml 31 Mar 2008 15:45:44 -0000 1.38 |
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@@ -122,18 +122,27 @@ |
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<section> |
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<body> |
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<p>Compared to most IRC channels on Freenode and indeed on other IRC networks, |
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-#gentoo has a very strict policy and this policy is enforced as strictly as |
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+#gentoo has a rather strict policy, and this policy is enforced as strictly as |
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possible. #gentoo is the focal point of many support enquiries and can be very |
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-busy at times. Because of the ~1000 users that chat (and lurk) in #gentoo, |
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-making it one of the largest channels on the Freenode network, and perhaps also |
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-because of the mild animosity that any Linux distribution causes among users of |
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-other Linux distributions, it is also the focal point of spammers, pranksters, |
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-and trolls.</p> |
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+busy at times. Because of the many (often ~1000) users that chat (and lurk) in |
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+#gentoo, making it one of the largest channels on the Freenode network, and |
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+perhaps also because of the mild animosity that any Linux distribution causes |
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+among users of other Linux distributions, it is also the focal point of |
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+spammers, pranksters, and trolls.</p> |
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<p>The policy set up to manage #gentoo is therefore very straightforward and |
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simple:</p> |
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<ul> |
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- <li>The topic of the channel is Gentoo Linux support. Off topic chat, |
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- even mild flamewars about program X versus program Y, will usually be |
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+ <li>The topic of the channel is Gentoo Linux support. To be precise, |
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+ this means the Gentoo Linux that you install using the <uri |
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+ link="/doc/en/handbook/">Gentoo Handbook</uri>. Alternative operatings |
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+ systems (where the difference may be in, for example, the kernel, |
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+ userland, or package manager) do not fall into this category.</li> |
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+ <li>The lack of support for alternative package managers extends to |
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+ "manual installation", i.e. working around the official package |
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+ manager by manually downloading, unpacking, configuring, compiling, and |
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+ installing (normally to <path>/usr/local</path>) software.</li> |
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+ <li>Actual chat (such as personal stories, comments on external events, |
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+ even mild flamewars about program X versus program Y) will usually be |
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met with a request to take the discussion elsewhere, and consequent |
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muting (+q) or banishment if users persist.</li> |
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<li>Discussion of #gentoo management is off topic. The appropriate place |
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