Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due to retirement

[Damien LEVAC]

On 01/03/2017 09:31 AM, M. J. Everitt wrote:
> On 03/01/17 11:05, Michał Górny wrote:
>> On Tue, 3 Jan 2017 16:00:52 +0700 (+07)
>> grozin@g.o wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2017, Brian Evans wrote:
>>>> IMO, this one should be given last-rites as upstream is dead and it
>>>> heavily depends on wireless-tools and WEXT.
>>> I use it on 2 notebooks. It works fine, and is (from my point of view) the
>>> most convenient tool to control ethernet and wifi connections on a
>>> notebook. Why lastrite it when it works?
>> This is the Gentoo Way™. Having a working software is not a goal.
>> Gentoo focuses on the best bleeding edge experience and therefore
>> highly relies on software packages that are under active development
>> and require active maintenance. The packages in early stages of
>> development are especially interesting since they can supply users
>> and developers with variety of interesting bugs and unpredictable
>> issues.
>>
>  From your response I infer the following, please discuss:
> 1) "working software is not a goal" .. so we can have a tree full of
> broken and/or unstable packages. What is the point of any QA/CI system
> if this is applicable?
> 2) "require active maintainance" .. by whom exactly? Where are the flood
> of keen developers bringing their bleeding edge code (with their
> ludicrous packaging requirements and language demands) to Gentoo?
> 3) "interesting bugs and unpredictable isssue" .. WTF?
>
> Michal .. are you (once again...) High .. or is your email (once again)
> so soaked in sarcasm we can't tell any useful content from the complete
> drivel ...
>
It was obviously sarcasm... The "Gentoo Way™" was the hint... It is a 
cynical criticism of younger generation of developers mixing 
intellectual curiosity with what should be an ultra-stable platform. (Or 
this is how I interpreted it...)