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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Agenda [WAS: One-Day Gentoo Council Reminder for June]
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:28:15
Message-Id: 20080613112745.12d80881@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Agenda [WAS: One-Day Gentoo Council Reminder for June] by Nirbheek Chauhan
1 On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:52:30 +0530
2 "Nirbheek Chauhan" <nirbheek.chauhan@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > >> Interesting to note, however, that Paludis doesn't accept inline
4 > >> comments, and this behaviour predates PMS.
5 > >
6 > > Paludis behaviour there matches Portage behaviour at the time it was
7 > > written, except that instead of proceeding with garbage values,
8 > > Paludis gives an error.
9 >
10 > Well, then it should be updated to match current Portage behaviour.
11 > PMS is not supposed to document "How portage worked at one point of
12 > time" or "The intersection of the capabilities of Portage and
13 > Paludis". It should follow the current portage's behaviour as closely
14 > as possible.
15
16 Do you really want to make it impossible to install Gentoo using the
17 most recent official release? Because that's what will happen if we do
18 what you're suggesting...
19
20 --
21 Ciaran McCreesh

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