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I think the problem is that Gentoo is falling into the same sandtrap the |
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> Debian project has been mired in forever. "arch" and "~arch" are |
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> polarizing |
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> into "stable, but horribly out of date", and "maybe it will work". |
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> This leads to people trying to maintain a |
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> frankenstinian /etc/portage/package.keywords file, constantly adding to it |
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> and never knowing when things can be removed from it. |
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> I would suggest opening a middle ground tag, where things can be moved to |
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> from |
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> "~arch" when they work for reasonable configuration values, but still have |
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> open bugs for some people. |
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> That way, people who prefer stability over the latest features can run |
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> "arch", |
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> and everyone who bitches about packages being out of date can run the |
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> middle |
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> tag, and "~arch" can be kept for testing. |
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> gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list |
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Or maybe we could move to a fixed release cycle. Debian uses 18 (?) months, |
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but maybe a 3- or 6-month release cycle would suit us better |
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Jeff. |
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Argument against Linux number 6,033: |
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"...So this is like most Linux viruses. You have to download the virus |
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yourself, become root, install it and then run it. Seems like a lot of work |
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just to experience what you can get on Windows with a lot less trouble." |
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