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On 23/03/06, Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 16:40 +0000, Chris Bainbridge wrote: |
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> > If the software a user wants is in an overlay, then the user will be |
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> > forced to install the overlay. |
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> It shouldn't be in the overlay, is I think the point many are trying to |
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> make. If the software is good enough for any of our users, it should be |
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> good enough for the tree. |
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I agree. I would ask, what are the advantages of overlays that |
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developers find so compelling that they use them rather than the |
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portage tree? Would it not be a better idea to find a way to bring |
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those advantages to the tree, rather the proliferation of overlays we |
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are seeing? |
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> > There is a discussion on the forums at the moment along a similar |
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> > topic http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-443469.html - the vote |
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> > seems to indicate 58% of users are "not really happy with the way the |
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> > portage tree is handled". |
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> No. It indicates nothing except that 58% of the 80 people who filled |
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> out the poll are "not really happy with the way the portage tree is |
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> handled" which by my counts, isn't even a drop in the bucket of our |
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> number of users, making the statistic completely worthless. |
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True. Nevertheless, it is the only statistic I have seen regarding |
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users thoughts on this subject. Of course a larger sample size would |
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be preferable. There should be more feedback from users - bug voting |
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on bugzilla would be a start, why has it never been enabled? |
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