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On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 03:47:19PM -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> > I agree with Greg Kroah-Hartman: I actually like (and want) a |
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>> > "vertically integrated, tightly coupled way of doing things". |
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>> Well, if you completely agreed with him you wouldn't be running Gentoo |
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>> (or Debian, or other general-purpose distros). He advocates that |
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>> ordinary users should use more purpose-driven distros, where all of |
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>> this stuff is less of an issue. |
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> That is not what I said, or mean at all. |
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> Given that I'm a Gentoo developer, and have been for a very long time, I |
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> find it very strange that you would think otherwise. |
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I did clarify my post in a reply, linking to your post and of course |
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stating that you could clarify. Your words were: "I just don't |
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think it can be done well, sorry, which is why I strongly recommend |
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tightly-coupled distros for desktops for anyone (like Fedora or |
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openSUSE or Ubuntu), and Debian or Gentoo only for servers or embedded |
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systems where you know exactly what you are putting together, and why |
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you are doing it that way." |
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I'm not a big fan of putting words in mouths, so if I misread that |
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than I apologize. In any case, I can't really argue much with that |
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statement as-is, although I'd probably carve out an additional |
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exception for enthusiasts or those who otherwise like to tinker under |
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the hood. |
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If you want strong vertical integration, you probably will never get |
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as much of it with Gentoo as you might get with a tightly-coupled |
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distro. |
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Rich |
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