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On 14/02/2013 23:47, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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> Why is the overlay bad for anyone? No dev is forced to contribute to it |
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> and no user has to activate it. There are dozens of overlays out there |
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> which are not meant to be activated unless you know what you are doing. |
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> I don't see how this can affect Gentoo's image (as observed by whom, |
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> anyway?). I mean, it's no different than the attic, just more |
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> convenient. It's just one more niche in this great Gentoo ecosystem. |
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> kde-sunset isn't hurting anyone, either. |
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The presence of "dozens of overlays" _is_ hurting triaging and other |
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issues. Things like proaudio overlay should die in a fire, and stop |
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bothering us to begin with. |
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