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On Fri, 23 May 2003 21:15:07 +0900 |
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Georgi Georgiev <chutz@×××.net> wrote: |
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> On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 01:52:32PM +0200, Henti Smith wrote: |
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> > I agree .... if this was that case I would still be using slackware or |
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> > something since I can "update" the packaes I have installed when "needed" I |
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> > use gentoo so I can get the latest mplayer a few days after it comes out etc |
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> > etc |
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> > otherwise whats the point of having gentoo and portage .. ? |
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> That's one thing I hear lots of people pointing as a downside of gentoo. In an |
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> attempt to have the newest packages it happens that even the stable ones are |
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> not stable enough. |
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I don't mind unstable stuff ... before gentoo I compiled everything myself as well |
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and I run my system as ~x86 and I edit packages.mask and have portage overlay for my own bumps thats not in |
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portage yet. |
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> I thought the idea of portage is the ability to compile the packages any way |
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> you want, not necessarily to have the newest one a few days after it's out. |
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There are many sides to what gentoo offers .. for me personally .. it's the fact that I can install the latest stuff to play with |
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and I don't have to worry about dependancies ... if there is a problem .. I write my own ebuilds to do what I want and sort it out and |
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submit it .. |
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> Otherwize, even RedHat had pretty fresh packages in its Rawhide for the |
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> adventurous. And not that late after the official release at all. |
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I like to compile stuff ;P |
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Henti |
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