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On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 03:05:09PM -0400, Brad Laue wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 14:39, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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> > I'm sure you've tried Debian or any other distribution then, because that's |
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> > exactly what they do. They provide you with a quick and easy installation of |
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> > binary packages. For the packages you want optimization, they provide an easy |
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> > way to create packages for it. |
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> Why would I try Debian? I use Gentoo because it has up-to-date packages |
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> and feature-customizability. I don't like using shoddy backports and |
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> questionable third party repositories, thankyouverymuch. |
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> > I dislike GRP too. I feel that it takes (development) resources from us that |
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> > could be invested in more innovative projects. I feel that GRP is an effort |
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> > to reach more users instead of focussing on what Gentoo really was about |
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> > several months back. |
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> That's a damaging state of mind. Wanting to adhere to one's original |
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> goals is great, but it's resulted in the stagnation of every open-source |
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> project which has done so rigidly. |
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So you think we should strive to be a binary distribution? |
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How would sticking to our source-based model cause "stagnation"? |
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