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On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 01:52:32PM +0200, Henti Smith wrote: |
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> I agree .... if this was that case I would still be using slackware or |
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> something since I can "update" the packaes I have installed when "needed" I |
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> use gentoo so I can get the latest mplayer a few days after it comes out etc |
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> etc |
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> otherwise whats the point of having gentoo and portage .. ? |
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That's one thing I hear lots of people pointing as a downside of gentoo. In an |
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attempt to have the newest packages it happens that even the stable ones are |
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not stable enough. |
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I thought the idea of portage is the ability to compile the packages any way |
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you want, not necessarily to have the newest one a few days after it's out. |
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Otherwize, even RedHat had pretty fresh packages in its Rawhide for the |
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adventurous. And not that late after the official release at all. |
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