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On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 03:05:09PM -0400, Brad Laue wrote: |
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> Why would I try Debian? I use Gentoo because it has up-to-date packages |
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> and feature-customizability. I don't like using shoddy backports and |
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> questionable third party repositories, thankyouverymuch. |
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We all like Gentoo for a number of reasons. I can very well give you a nice |
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text on what I like of Gentoo, but that's beside the point. |
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Gentoo's goal wasn't to provide its users with a fast installation method. If |
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you make an enumeration of all features that distinguishes Gentoo from any |
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other distribution, and you take out one feature at a time, you'll result in |
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"yet another distribution". |
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> > I dislike GRP too. I feel that it takes (development) resources from us that |
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> > could be invested in more innovative projects. I feel that GRP is an effort |
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> > to reach more users instead of focussing on what Gentoo really was about |
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> > several months back. |
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> That's a damaging state of mind. Wanting to adhere to one's original |
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> goals is great, but it's resulted in the stagnation of every open-source |
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> project which has done so rigidly. |
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Most Open Source projects that want to achieve the biggest number of users |
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resulted in becoming non-innovating projects. They all use formulae of which |
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they know that the users like. Gentoo's idea wasn't to use such formulae, but |
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to develop and innovate in the hope (and persist) that what it is doing is |
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innovative, new and fun. |
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Adhering to your original goals is a primary goal: do you want to lose users |
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that started with Gentoo (because of what it promised originally) but now |
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drive off because Gentoo has "changed its mind"? |
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There is so much to develop without going "the binary way". Lots of |
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enhancement-requests were made. Several developers want to start with a |
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rewritten Portage (faster, cleaner, more secure and more manageable). Others |
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want to increase the stability and amount of ebuilds. Just check the |
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enhancementlist on bugs.gentoo.org. Do we really want to focus fully on |
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extending our (working) installation ? |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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^__^ And Larry saw that it was Good. |
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(oo) Sven Vermeulen |
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