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Ühel kenal päeval, T, 03.01.2017 kell 09:34, kirjutas Damien LEVAC: |
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> On 01/03/2017 09:31 AM, M. J. Everitt wrote: |
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> > On 03/01/17 11:05, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > |
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> > > On Tue, 3 Jan 2017 16:00:52 +0700 (+07) |
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> > > grozin@g.o wrote: |
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> > > |
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> > > > |
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> > > > On Mon, 2 Jan 2017, Brian Evans wrote: |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > IMO, this one should be given last-rites as upstream is dead |
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> > > > > and it |
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> > > > > heavily depends on wireless-tools and WEXT. |
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> > > > I use it on 2 notebooks. It works fine, and is (from my point |
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> > > > of view) the |
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> > > > most convenient tool to control ethernet and wifi connections |
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> > > > on a |
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> > > > notebook. Why lastrite it when it works? |
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> > > This is the Gentoo Way™. Having a working software is not a goal. |
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> > > Gentoo focuses on the best bleeding edge experience and therefore |
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> > > highly relies on software packages that are under active |
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> > > development |
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> > > and require active maintenance. The packages in early stages of |
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> > > development are especially interesting since they can supply |
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> > > users |
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> > > and developers with variety of interesting bugs and unpredictable |
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> > > issues. |
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> > > |
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> > From your response I infer the following, please discuss: |
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> > 1) "working software is not a goal" .. so we can have a tree full |
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> > of |
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> > broken and/or unstable packages. What is the point of any QA/CI |
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> > system |
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> > if this is applicable? |
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> > 2) "require active maintainance" .. by whom exactly? Where are the |
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> > flood |
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> > of keen developers bringing their bleeding edge code (with their |
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> > ludicrous packaging requirements and language demands) to Gentoo? |
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> > 3) "interesting bugs and unpredictable isssue" .. WTF? |
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> > |
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> > Michal .. are you (once again...) High .. or is your email (once |
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> > again) |
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> > so soaked in sarcasm we can't tell any useful content from the |
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> > complete |
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> > drivel ... |
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> > |
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> It was obviously sarcasm... The "Gentoo Way™" was the hint... It is |
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> a |
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> cynical criticism of younger generation of developers mixing |
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> intellectual curiosity with what should be an ultra-stable platform. |
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> (Or |
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> this is how I interpreted it...) |
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I believe with this mgorny has given ample proof that he is just a |
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ciaranm sock puppet account. |
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Now where did I leave my pitchfork at... |
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