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Jeremy Olexa <darkside@g.o> posted 495B81AB.3040109@g.o, |
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excerpted below, on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:28:59 -0600: |
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> Fabio Rossi wrote: |
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>> On Wednesday 31 December 2008, Duncan wrote: |
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>>> Except that... in theory, some or all of those apps could technically |
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>>> be used on/for other distributions and platforms as well. |
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>> Yes, this is the theory but I think they'll be never ported to other |
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>> distributions. |
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> sabayon doesn't use these apps? How about gentoo based livecds, etc. ? |
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I was thinking of sabayon but couldn't remember the name. All I could |
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think of was exherbo... which AFAIK does use at least eselect (I've seen |
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it mentioned) and I'd guess news also, given the person who was the big |
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push behind the GLEP. |
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... But IMO the entire debate is a bunch of bikeshedding, which implies |
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it's reasonably safe to assume the status quo is likely to remain. But |
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of course that didn't stop me from offering my opinion, turquoise with |
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aquamarine stripes! =;^) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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