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On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 12:39:05AM -0600, Cymen Vig wrote: |
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> > Colouring a prompt was just an example; I was trying to portray a system |
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> > whereby everything could be configured from one central datafile... I'll |
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> try |
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> > to explain it again if anybody wants? |
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> Wouldn't this have at least a few of the same drawbacks that the registry in |
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> windows has? Do things die if this file gets corrupted/accidentally |
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> deleted/severly tweaked? Or is it another layer? |
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One of the design goals of Gentoo Linux is to have a clean system with a |
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minimum of layers. If we add new features, we try to make sure that they |
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don't complicate things too much -- the goal is to simplify, Linux is |
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quite complex already. |
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I designed Portage so that the ebuild scripts would be very easy to create |
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(hint, hint) rather than cumbersome. So if someone would like us to add |
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some features, the first question I have is whether it simplifies or just |
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adds another layer of complexity -- this part depends mostly on implementation. |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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