Re: [gentoo-dev] [soc] Python bindings for Paludis

[Anant Narayanan]

Hi Mike,

On 31-Mar-07, at 2:21 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> not really, why dont you apply some of your logic:
>  - you are not wanted as an official Gentoo developer ... the past
> clearly
> shows this
>  - the official package manager of Gentoo would need to be
> completely "in-house" with respect to control, direction, etc...
>  - "in-house" would require every one who is control of the package
> manager to
> be a Gentoo developer
>  - in order for you to gain @gentoo.org again, we'd need either a
> complete
> flush of developer blood who would accept you or you to change
> yourself ...
> neither of which are realistic
>
> so let's put this all together shall we:
> you are in full control of paludis,  you will not be a Gentoo
> developer,
> thereforce paludis will not be the official Gentoo package manager

The logic is flawed. I don't understand why Gentoo can't switch to  
paludis so long as there are "in-house" Gentoo developers ready to  
maintain and support it.

<snip>
> "emerge" is a brand name for Gentoo and while you can complain
> about lack of
> features all you want, dropping portage and installing a different
> package
> manager with a completely different interface will surely causes a
> huge pita
> for everyone

It is a rather trivial issue to wrap paludis or pkgcore commands to  
their "emerge" equivalents. As discussed before on the thread, mere  
command-line compatibility is not an issue at all. If a switch is  
made to a new package, I am sure enough steps will be taken to ensure  
that the process is as transparent as possible, and most users will  
not even notice the difference; except of course the immediate benefits.

Cheers,
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Anant
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