Re: [gentoo-dev] DistroWatch and Gentoo packages: status quo and future

[Sebastian Pipping]

Aaron Bauman wrote:
> Sebastian,
> 	I definitely admire your point and know that through your tracking and Google
> SoC project you have good visibility on this I do however have to disagree.
> As much as I enjoy the open source community and admire the products they put
> out I do believe Gentoo has the right approach to packaging.
> 	My standpoint is that Gentoo always ensures stability in the fact that we
> require packages to be tested prior to release in the main portage tree and
> secondly the Gentoo developers always ensure security as best as they can.
> 	These I believe are what keep the portage tree somewhat behind the latest and
> greatest and as always there are overlays and options that allow users to pull
> these packages down if they want.
> 	I believe the great thing about Gentoo is the choice of whether to be cutting
> edge or not.  If I have missed anything please let me know.

I don't think we should trade away quality.  You said you disagree with
me but with that said I don't see at which point.



Sebastian