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On 30-04-2008 21:21:06 +0300, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: |
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> On 4/30/08, Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o> wrote: |
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> > I think in that sense Cygwin is more Open Source, because how you get |
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> > the primary shell/environment is available too. However, for me that |
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> > doesn't matter, as the OS itself is inherently non-free in that sense, |
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> > so that's what you have to accept first thing anyway. |
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> I separate operating system and applications... Just like you run on |
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> HPUX or AIX... There is Windows. |
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Ok, then SFU is just your entry point to the system, like your "login" |
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on AIX or HPUX. |
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> > Just for your information, we don't do stages at the moment, not in the |
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> > forseeable future from my point of view either. Binpkgs are in the |
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> > planning. In general we just do a full bootstrap, on Interix you need |
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> > extra help from "prefix-launcher". |
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> This is sad... I would really like to see fully operating portage on |
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> Windows... It was more important to me in the past when I actually |
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> used this OS... |
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Well... making stages takes time, but more importantly, requires you to |
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store them somewhere, and infra has no space for that. I do, but my |
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internet connectivity is not sufficient for that. |
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Besides, using Portage's binary support is more flexible, as the Prefix |
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isn't fixed, but adjusted to your need(s). |
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> I this sense [1] was a great idea! You could always use quickpkg to |
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> extract binaries. |
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I probably misunderstand. quickpkg creates binpkgs, doesn't it? |
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> [1] http://gentoocygwin.sourceforge.net/ |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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