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Hi, |
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:28:52 -0400 |
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Seemant Kulleen <seemant@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 20:42 +0200, Matthias Langer wrote: |
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> > |
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> > i don't think that personal issues should be taken into account |
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> > when it comes to choosing a new official package manager for gentoo. |
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> It's relevant in that people have to work with the developers of the |
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> package manager. Unlike most other things in the portage tree, the |
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> package manager ties very closely to the very definition of the |
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> distribution itself. Hence, if people are unable to get along, then |
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> by adopting a package manager like that, you inherently adopt the |
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> developers of that package manager and all the personnel issues that |
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> accompany it. |
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> |
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> Ideally, however, I agree with you that it should be based on |
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> technical merits. The reality is that there are people involved. And |
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> people always complicate things. |
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Isn't it true that people are meant to solve/facilitate things, not to |
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make them harder/"more complicate" ? |
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Rumen |
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