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> There are two versions: release versions and profile versions. |
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> Release versions _only apply to install media_. |
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> Profile versions (such as default-x86-1.4) define the characteristics of |
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> your installed system. |
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I know that. This is not cleary explained on gentoo website. Newbies may |
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be confused about that. |
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> 1.4 isn't out because it's not ready. Frankly, I can cook you up a |
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> half-baked LiveCD and set of stages with absolutely no value over rc4 |
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> right now, if you're that obsessed with having something out there with |
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> '1.4' on it. Instead, we're trying to get you, the user, things like |
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> GRP, an enhanced LiveCD, automatic CFLAGS generation and kernel initrd |
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> creation, and so on. |
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That what I said. What's wrong with rc4 livecd ? Gentoo is experiencing |
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some bad use of RCs. RC is a release Candidate. It means that no more |
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feature would appear between 2 RCs. A new RC is just fixed bugs. |
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Here is some confusion between RC and BETA I think. Since you add some |
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features, Gentoo 1.4 RC4 is in fact GENTOO 1.4 BETA4 (yeah, it sucks). |
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> Futurely we will probably be removing 'rc' from the version number |
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> because it suggests 'beta' to people, which is not the case. We will |
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> probably move to a system like 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2... |
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I hope. User/Newbies would better understand. |
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> I am not sure what you mean by 'project leader' - do you think that |
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> currently there is nobody in charge at all? Perhaps you can elaborate |
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> here. (Daniel Robbins is effectively our 'project leader' - I am the |
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> releases coordinator.) |
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I've never seen a mail of Daniel Robbins here. I saw his name on |
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gentoo.org, and some IBM articles (developper works).Gentoo management |
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is really "opaque". |
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> What kinds of communication are you looking for? When anyone has asked, |
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> I have been happy to tell them what's going on with releases. With |
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> regards to a roadmap, what kind of roadmap? For what in particular? |
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> Portage? Releases? |
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First, for that: |
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* Baselayout independent of tmpfs |
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* CFLAGS documentation or a tool that gives CFLAGS-building |
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functionality |
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* GRP creation and testing |
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* Kernelscript to help ppl configure their kernel |
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You'll have to read all newsletters to find such infos. Newbies won't. |
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Maybe we lack a section on the gentoo website. |
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> Looking for constructive suggestions |
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Take a look at a simple but precise Roadmap : |
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http://kopete.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=roadmap |
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note : there are no dates in front of tasks ! |
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This would help so much since volonteers would help on remaining tasks, |
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instead of asking every time. |
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best regards |
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Philippe |
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