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On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 03:26:03 -0700 Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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| Anyone who thinks Gentoo isn't progressing simply isn't seeing the |
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| forest for all the trees, as they say. Another way of putting it is |
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| that Gentoo seems to be in that critical period after the honeymoon, |
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| it has hit its middle-aged crisis. Reality has set in -- we're not |
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| going to magically move mountains, as yes, a mountain /can/ be moved, |
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| see the history of the Panama canal for instance, but it takes a |
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| *LOT* of work, a LOT of investment, and sometimes even some deaths |
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| along the way. During that time, progress may seem painfully slow, |
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| yet it never-the-less occurs. What's the alternative, dumping the |
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| project and leaving it for dead? Then all that work and investment, |
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| and all those deaths, /will/ be in vain. |
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What makes you think we're not moving mountains? Getting 1.4 out of the |
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door was considered an amazing feat. Now we're doing the same thing |
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every six months, and it's largely going unnoticed. Is something only |
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an impressive accomplishment if it goes wrong and generates lots of |
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mess first? |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (King of all Londinium) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
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