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Alec Warner wrote: |
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> So apparently they suck, anyone have a new shiny idea on how to group |
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> packages and maintaining developers? |
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Sure -- take the current herds implementation, and rename it to 'gaggle'! Then |
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we can call things the base-system gaggle, the toolchain gaggle, etc... |
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Even metadata.xml will look much better, i.e.: |
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Current sample: |
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<herd>base-system</herd> |
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New sample: |
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<gaggle>base-system</gaggle> |
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'herds' also implies say, a group of cows just standing around in the middle of |
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a grassy field, doing nothing but eating grass and staring at little green men |
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demanding to be taken to Earth's leaders. Oh, and contributing to global warming. |
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'gaggle' implies a much more active nature, like a gaggle of geese chasing down |
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a pedestrian with a load of bread, and honking at him until the bread is |
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surrendered and, terrified, he takes off running. |
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Hey, taking the same old idea and giving it a new name works for the US Congress.... |
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</late attempt at humour> |
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--Kumba |
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