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On 04/03/2013 02:31 AM, vivo75@×××××.com wrote: |
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> 3 years are pratically more than you can ever hope to support without |
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> adding manpower dedicated to keep backward compatibility. |
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> Previous reasoning based on the assumption that a) newer api are better |
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> b) less of them is better c) not being able to upgrade portage mean a |
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> not upgradable/modifiable gentoo install. |
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It's a little bit silly to try to maintain backward compatibility for |
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more than 3 years when you can easily revive an old system by bind |
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mounting it into a fresh chroot as suggested here: |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457148 |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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