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On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 09:55:02 -0500 |
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Gordon Pettey <petteyg359@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Alexander Berntsen |
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> <bernalex@g.o> wrote: |
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> > While the PMS perhaps hasn't been an unequivocal success, it's |
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> > still a good effort with some success. I would be disappointed to |
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> > see the proposed change, and view it as a bad sign for Gentoo. |
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> Also, how many Portages are there that need to be managed with a |
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> "Portage Manager"? |
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If your asking about alternative package managers, I am aware of 2 |
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paludis - requires heavy modification to environment |
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pkgcore - does not support EAPI 6, only experimental EAPI 5 |
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pkgcore existed before PMS, and seems like more development before PMS |
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https://github.com/pkgcore/pkgcore/graphs/contributors |
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IMHO PMS was mostly about paludis and not Gentoo or portage. I recall |
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how it came about and the people behind the effort. |
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~2007-02-09 |
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http://marc.info/?l=gentoo-dev&w=2&r=86&s=pms&q=b |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Paludis |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Pkgcore |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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