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On 14:46 Sun 07 Dec , Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 23:44:40 -0800 |
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> Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> wrote: |
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> > I hadn't heard of it before, thanks for the ref. What was the reason |
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> > for forking the codebase? It gets pretty annoying to copy across |
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> > useful changes, especially while eselect is stuck in svn. |
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> Ease of getting things done. Going through Gentoo requires finding a |
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> Gentoo maintainer, endless bikeshed arguments about how to implement |
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> things like the new alternatives framework and then months of waiting |
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> for approval. |
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Open and public debate about the right way to do things does take |
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longer, and it's something you certainly participate in quite frequently |
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so I'm surprised to hear you badmouth it when it comes to your own |
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ideas. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com |
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