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On Wednesday 25 September 2002 21:57, wes chow wrote: |
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> Good point... here's the subtle difference that I overlooked: Gentoo is |
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> Portage plus a collection of ebuilds. The analogy, then, is that RedHat |
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> and SuSE use the same distribution method (RPMs), but consist of packages |
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> built by a different group of people. (note, I have zero experience with |
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> SuSE, so I could be far off the mark) Thus, if you rip out Portage and |
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That's about right |
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> start your own collection of ebuilds, you will no longer have a Gentoo |
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> system. I think this is a resonable distinction, because a different |
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> group of developers would manage that collection and have its own set of |
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> bugs and userbase and file layout, etc. |
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That's how I see it. |
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> A distribution is a collection or package of software. I don't see why |
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> the contents of any package should dictate the name of that package. I |
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> don't follow that logic. |
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Neither do I. It is though sometimes usefull for people to have some |
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indication in the package name of its contents. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Mail: pauldv@××××××.nl |
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