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From: Jakub Moc <jakub@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk1 vs. gtk2
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:59:27
Message-Id: 44D7A852.9000803@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk1 vs. gtk2 by Enrico Weigelt
1 Enrico Weigelt wrote:
2 >> According to this philosophy, we should change the name of the package
3 >> every time net-misc/neon comes out with a new version, since it breaks
4 >> API on every version.
5 >
6 > If APIs break with every version (on non-alpha stuff), it's principle
7 > design failure. I tend to avoid such unstable packages.
8 > Thanks for the warning of neon, so I'll never even think of using it.
9
10 Don't forget to put sys-libs/db on your blacklist; also gtkhtml is a
11 good candidate. And you probably shouldn't use gcc either, just to be on
12 the safe side. ;) Which gets us to the point that you'd better have a
13 look at other distros, which might more closely match your view. ;)
14
15
16 --
17 Best regards,
18
19 Jakub Moc
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