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On 15 November 2013 17:56, Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote: |
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> After using it for a month, he's now convinced that |
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> Gentoo is clearly the most difficult to use. |
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> I'm inclined to agree, |
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I'd have to disagree there slightly, arch is more easy to use if you |
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stick to the core set, the binary packages ... as is debian. |
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But if you verge outside that set, arch quickly becomes a headache, |
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AUR may have lots of contribution, but its nowhere near the quality we |
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have of even some of our worse quality overlays, and the arch |
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toolchain lacks lots of features ebuild authors have come to rely on. |
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This means if you use arch's equivalent of our overlays, you'll spend |
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much time fixing up broken syntax in AUR packages. |
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I mean, sure, its "simpler", but at the same time, it does so by |
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simply cauterizing out the extra complexity, making it impossible for |
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end users to even opt for the complex or different behaviours, by |
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choosing one for them, and not informing them at all of that choice. |
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So that argument mostly boils down to "useflags add complexity for |
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people who aren't used to them, or aren't interested in them". |
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