Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Future of gentoo's stable and unstable trees: what are your thoughts?

[Benda Xu]

Hi,

Sam Jorna <wraeth@g.o> writes:

> Wouldn't it make more sense to make Gentoo *more* attractive to run in
> corporate environments, rather than simply saying "We're not RHEL so why
> bother"?
>
> People do use Gentoo in production environments, both personally and
> professionally, even if it is those that have more investment in doing
> so than the average IT Joe. By removing stable, we would be reducing the
> potential arguments for the few who do want to use Gentoo in that sort
> of environment. We would be becoming more of a niche distro.
>
> "Hey, lets try Gentoo - it's really configurable."
> "What's their stable policy? How often does it break?"
> "Stable? What's that?"

I agree with Sam.  I see several cases in academia (mainly astrophysics
and particle physics) that Gentoo stable is used and performs well.
Professtional use of Gentoo should be actively supported and even
advocated.

Benda