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Peter wrote: |
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> Imagine a new user or visitor trolling this ML. They want to learn more |
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> about Gentoo. Then they come across the Paludis thread. How TF can they |
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> possibly follow what is going on? Then, as the thread wears on it |
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> degenerates into more personal attacks. So it's Bennett/McCreesh against |
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> the world. OK. However, continuing the thread serves no useful purpose |
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> except, IMHO, to completely obfuscate the original point of the thread -- |
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> to allow paludis to have a profile or sub profile and/or whether or not it |
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> should be on the tree or in an overlay. |
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> |
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> While I am completely against any form of censorship, I certainly wish I |
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> had the ability to block that thread and all further postings to it. Maybe |
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> paludis can set up a blog on the berlios site? |
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> There are many important issues that have surfaces WRT paludis that affect |
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> the core of gentoo (pun intended). These issues cannot be resolved on a |
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> ML. There appear to be certain policy issues that the council needs to |
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> resolve. |
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> So, while I am not endorsing pablum, at least let's cut the thread. I see |
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> nothing useful coming from it anymore. |
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> |
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No one forces you to read, feel free to ignore this thread, others are |
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gleaning useful information from it. |
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-Alec Warner |
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