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On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 20:42 +0200, Matthias Langer wrote: |
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> i don't think that personal issues should be taken into account when it |
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> comes to choosing a new official package manager for gentoo. |
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It's relevant in that people have to work with the developers of the |
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package manager. Unlike most other things in the portage tree, the |
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package manager ties very closely to the very definition of the |
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distribution itself. Hence, if people are unable to get along, then by |
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adopting a package manager like that, you inherently adopt the |
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developers of that package manager and all the personnel issues that |
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accompany it. |
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Ideally, however, I agree with you that it should be based on technical |
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merits. The reality is that there are people involved. And people |
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always complicate things. |