Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: Re: A heretical thought? Blessing project sunrise as an almost-fork.
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:59:44
Message-Id: 200606151058.44717.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: Re: A heretical thought? Blessing project sunrise as an almost-fork. by Peter
1 On Thursday 15 June 2006 05:39, Peter wrote:
2 > On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 04:29:44 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 > > being able to download patchsets from the internet, touchup a few lines
4 > > so they apply without rejects, and releasing the result to the rest of
5 > > the world deserves no respect/regard ... you've proven you have skills
6 > > at:
7 > > - wget
8 > > - patch
9 > > - an editor
10 > > - tar
11 > >
12 > > the respect/regard comes when the compiled kernel *actually performs*
13 >
14 > I respect your opinion. But, does that mean e17 should be removed, because
15 > it really has a lot of problems (like its file manager), or all it's
16 > libraries? How about wine? Just because a project may entail risk, should
17 > not eliminate it from being considered for inclusion in the tree OR in an
18 > overlay.
19
20 you really dont get it
21
22 e17 doesnt break the whole system
23
24 wine doesnt break the whole system
25
26 a pos kernel breaks the entire system and wastes everyone's time as it can
27 cause *any package at all* to crash and have bug reports filed about that
28 package
29
30 your little sub thread here wasnt about different bleeding edge packages, it
31 was about the obviously incorrect statement that kernel sources has no
32 adverse affect on any other package
33 -mike

Replies