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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Paludis and Profiles
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 16:33:22
Message-Id: 20060517171942.5953ec98@snowdrop.home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Paludis and Profiles by Christian Hartmann
1 On Wed, 17 May 2006 17:54:36 +0200 Christian Hartmann <ian@g.o>
2 wrote:
3 | > Not realistic. It means that any new package manager can't do
4 | > anything new. I'd also like to point out that you can't upgrade to
5 | > a new Portage version, install some things, downgrade to an older
6 | > Portage version and expect things to carry on working.
7 |
8 | This, funnily enough, is what people consider being a fork.
9 |
10 | While you are at it, why don't you just fork the portage tree? By
11 | doing so you would have the freedom to do whatever you want to do
12 | without keeping gentoo busy reading your mails.
13
14 On Tue, 16 May 2006 13:38:33 -0400 Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
15 wrote:
16 | if you dont have anything constructive to contribute then dont bother
17 | writing an e-mail
18
19 Know why this thread's so big? People like you posting crap to it and
20 interfering with what would otherwise be a technical discussion.
21
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23 Ciaran McCreesh
24 Mail : ciaran dot mccreesh at blueyonder.co.uk
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Paludis and Profiles Christian Hartmann <ian@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Paludis and Profiles Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>