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On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 12:11, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> The idea of changing a virtual mid-release has *always* bothered me and |
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> is a prime example of Gentoo's problems when it comes to enterprise |
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> users. In an enterprise environment, consistency between releases is |
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> expected. I should *never* have to wonder which X server got installed |
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> between on each machine between multiple 2004.2 installations. I should |
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> *know* that 2004.0 and 2004.1 used XFree86 and that 2004.2+ uses X.org's |
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> server. |
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But at this point in time, Gentoo is *not* an Enterprise system. |
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Packages have zero consistency between releases (even between weeks). |
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Creating a whole new profile and then going through the hoops |
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(documentation and user support) to get them all to switch over to the |
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new profile far outweighs the benefit .. especially for (basically) one |
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package! |
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The problem of consistency is far beyond the xfree/ xorg switch. Why put |
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all of the effort into one package when we don't have more important |
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things, like our toolchain, stabilized between releases? |
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Cheers, |
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John Davis |
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