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On 08/07/2016 09:09 AM, Consus wrote: |
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> On 08:24 Sun 07 Aug, james wrote: |
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>> On 08/07/2016 02:38 AM, Consus wrote: |
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>>> On 08:48 Sun 07 Aug, Michał Górny wrote: |
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>>>> Sure we do. In the meantime, nobody uses gentoo anymore because it |
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>>>> still can't deal with accepting contributions and in the meantime the |
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>>>> few last developers retired, and users long ago switched to the |
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>>>> comparatively recent distribution of Debian stable. |
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>>> Finally the voice of reason. |
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>> Reasonable? Are you kidding? |
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>> <rolling on the floor with laughter, uncontrollably > |
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>> In this day and age, quick installs are the mantra, either for VMs or |
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>> containers or workstations, particularly for application-specific-servers or |
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>> a variety of security apparatus. Although the 'handbook' is an excellent |
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>> reference guide and noob-filter, the simple fact of the matter is most (nix) |
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>> professionals consider the gentoo install system to be arcane and an |
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>> incredible 'cost barrier to entry'. THAT, the lack of a well thought out, |
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>> smooth, quick/easy install which is intentionally not available, because it |
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>> is seen as a satanic idea, is the 800 pound gorilla on why folks |
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>> passionately avoid gentoo..... |
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> Err... On that one I agree. How the hell does it change the fact that |
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> GitHub improved contributions? |
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Ok, so I should have prune the post to focus my response:: |
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"In the meantime, nobody uses gentoo anymore because" |
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My response is not about github, the past or the future of the Version |
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Control, Contributions or such, espoused by github. |
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My responses are to why such a mature and wonderful distro, Gentoo |
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specifically, is suffering::"nobody uses gentoo anymore". And in fact I |
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mildly questioned if that is the case. I think we all agree that there |
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is some mistery as to why gentoo is not grower more attractive, to folks |
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not using gentoo, at a faster rate with greater uptake on a permanent |
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commitment to gentoo (if I may politely be so bold?). |
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Git hub is fine. Sure, I'd like to see the tree run on something |
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opensource, but, github is fine, for now. ymmv. The future, who knows. |
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hth, |
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James |