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On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 09:27 -0600, Lance Albertson wrote: |
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> Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> > On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 02:36 -0700, Duncan wrote: |
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> >>OTOH, it's entirely possible a Gentoo /based/ enterprise distribution may |
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> >>emerge at some point. IMO, however, there's enough conflict with what |
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> >>makes Gentoo great at what it does today, that such efforts should be |
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> >>separate from Gentoo itself. |
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> > I don't disagree with you entirely, but there's nothing stopping us from |
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> > *also* producing a "Gentoo Enterprise Linux" distribution. |
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> > Like I said, I'll post my proposal, modified to fit the times, of |
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> > course, as soon as I get a chance (it'll take a while to write back up). |
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> As seen from the discussion earlier this week, I don't think Gentoo has |
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> the proper open-mindness to create a proper enterprise distro. There are |
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> too many things that would get in the way of Gentoo proper to make it |
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> work right. I agree with Duncan that the best route is an outside |
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> project so that they don't have the constraints of Gentoo proper. Trying |
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> to inflict the ideals of an enterprise distro into Gentoo right now will |
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> be an uphill battle the whole way. Just look at all the comments made |
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> from my thread earlier. You cannot make an enterprise distro without |
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> focus or direction and a leader. You'll be stuck in committee decisions |
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> all the time. |
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I agree with you. My point was that it could be done, still. Let me |
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get my proposal sent out and we'll see what people think. More than |
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likely, it'll be something along the lines of "great idea, now where do |
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we find the time/money/people/goats to do it" but we can always hope. |
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> Not saying its impossible, but it won't be easy. |
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Hopefully my proposal gives enough of a split to allow for a separate |
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"Enterprise" solution without alienating the current developers, |
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dramatically increasing their workload, or changing what Gentoo |
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currently is and isn't... |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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