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On Sun, 13 May 2007 10:34:42 +0200 |
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Matti Bickel <mabi@g.o> wrote: |
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> > If he doesn't want to hinder distributions, get him to fix his |
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> > licence. The way it is now makes it impossible for distributions to |
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> > do their job. |
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> We all agree it's retarded. However, i can't change the way it is. |
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Well, you can drop support from the tree... I suspect upstream might |
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change their tune if distributions stick their collective feet down. |
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> > > In general: i don't think forking is an option. I won't be |
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> > > maintaining a fork myself to begin with. |
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> > Probably true, from a Gentoo perspective. If there's a significant |
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> > ion userbase, someone else will do the work. |
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> There's already someone doing the work for gentoo. Look at bug |
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> #136077, which is, tbh, one of my main motivators to work on that |
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> package. I just feel that letting (contributing) users down would be |
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> kind of a shame. |
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Move it to an overlay. People have far lower expectations from |
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overlays... |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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