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Grobian wrote: |
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> On 02-01-2006 21:12:03 +0100, Patrick Lauer wrote: |
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>>We already have a mission statement - to produce the best software |
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>>distribution, ever ;-) |
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>>Wether it should be Linux only, GNU-based or a metadistribution is a |
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>>rather touchy subject, so please try to keep the discussion |
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>>civilized ... |
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> Lance mentioned something about what he sees is a niche where Gentoo |
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> does quite well. "Produce the best software distribution, ever" sounds |
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> a bit vague to me. That's why I agree with Lance for now. Maybe after |
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> a little research, trial and error period it turns out to be better to |
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> keep the target vague. |
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Yeah, if we're content to being a hobbyist distro, then that mission |
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statement will work. But, the technology behind Gentoo has far broader |
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benefits for various things. Especially with the recent work of the alt |
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related subprojects, embedded, etc ... its changing. Like for me, I |
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would love to use the portage technology to build packages for solaris |
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machines I maintain at work. We have a build system currently, but its |
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nothing like portage. Gentoo is more than just Linux now and we should |
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have goals that fit that. When I say "we have a niche we're perfect at", |
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I'm mainly referring to the source-based nature of our OS. There isn't |
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another distro out there that does it as well as us and we should |
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improve on that fact. Let the other distros get better at being |
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binary-based. |
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Anyways, thats my thoughts. |
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Lance Albertson <ramereth@g.o> |
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