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On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 08:22:11AM +0200, Philippe Lafoucrière wrote: |
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> I was reading the new newsletter, especially the part : "Releases do not |
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> matter in Gentoo Linux.".If releases really doesn't matter, why 1.4 |
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> isn't out ? I DO know you can use a 1.4RC1/2/3/4 live cd have an up to |
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> date system with emerge -u, but newbies don't. |
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> This is a really bad idea to add more and more features to live cds |
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> without release. People that have never tried gentoo would think this is |
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> a permanent BETA, which is not. Gentoo is really mature and stable now. |
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> Maybe we'll need a Gentoo Project Leader, as Debian did. If there's |
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> already one, he has to communicate much more ! Gentoo really needs some |
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> serious management, and especially a ROADMAP. Gentoo users are walking |
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> in fog now... |
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There are two versions: release versions and profile versions. |
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Release versions _only apply to install media_. |
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Profile versions (such as default-x86-1.4) define the characteristics of |
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your installed system. |
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1.4 isn't out because it's not ready. Frankly, I can cook you up a |
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half-baked LiveCD and set of stages with absolutely no value over rc4 |
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right now, if you're that obsessed with having something out there with |
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'1.4' on it. Instead, we're trying to get you, the user, things like |
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GRP, an enhanced LiveCD, automatic CFLAGS generation and kernel initrd |
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creation, and so on. |
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Futurely we will probably be removing 'rc' from the version number |
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because it suggests 'beta' to people, which is not the case. We will |
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probably move to a system like 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2... |
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I am not sure what you mean by 'project leader' - do you think that |
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currently there is nobody in charge at all? Perhaps you can elaborate |
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here. (Daniel Robbins is effectively our 'project leader' - I am the |
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releases coordinator.) |
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What kinds of communication are you looking for? When anyone has asked, |
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I have been happy to tell them what's going on with releases. With |
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regards to a roadmap, what kind of roadmap? For what in particular? |
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Portage? Releases? |
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Looking for constructive suggestions, |
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Jon Portnoy |
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