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From: Thilo Bangert <bangert@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 49 - take 2
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 08:00:22
Message-Id: 200605231000.14069.bangert@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 49 - take 2 by Ned Ludd
1 > However as a member of the existing portage team and also as a council
2 > member I would reject (and I would encourage[read work really hard at
3 > it] other council members to do the same) any GLEP which allowed or
4 > promoted the primary pkg mgt system being hosted offsite and maintained
5 > by non devs at the juncture in time. I joined our portage team because
6 > I realized that our pkg mgt is not a toy and can't be treated as such.
7
8 but it's no holy grail either!
9
10 to be honest, it is my impression that the portage team is a blocker of
11 innovation here.... demanding some kind of monopoly on the package
12 manger.
13
14 i would really like to come back to a discussion based on technical merit.
15 we constantly replace lesser solutions with better solutions - if/when
16 its time for portage to go, it _will_ go!
17
18 regards
19 bangert

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Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 49 - take 2 Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>