Gentoo Archives: gentoo-portage-dev

From: Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Questions about CVS locations and GID...
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:08:10
Message-Id: 200510062108.13366.jstubbs@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Questions about CVS locations and GID... by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Thursday 06 October 2005 20:51, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 21:39:49 -0500 Brian Harring <ferringb@g.o>
3 >
4 > wrote:
5 > | So bluntly, shut up and let those who you think are being retarded,
6 > | be retarded. Discussions on this list regarding those attempts
7 > | shouldn't be heckled unless you're contributing to those efforts (and
8 > | I truly mean *contributing*, not trying to punch holes in embryonic
9 > | efforts that are trying to get off the ground addressing the major
10 > | issues up front).
11 >
12 > Pfff. By contributing to the design by showing what *won't* work, I'm
13 > saving a heck of a lot of wasted man hours that will otherwise be spent
14 > writing a non-working solution.
15
16 I must admit that I've simply ignored this thread for the most part, but
17 glancing through your emails I can't find any list of reasons why it won't
18 work. I can only find statements that it won't work and that the creative
19 process should follow a different path (=plan everything first).
20
21 --
22 Jason Stubbs
23 --
24 gentoo-portage-dev@g.o mailing list