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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items -- Council meeting 09-10-2012
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 06:02:30
Message-Id: 20121003050446.GB6508@comet.hsd1.mn.comcast.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items -- Council meeting 09-10-2012 by Brian Harring
1 On 15:13 Thu 27 Sep , Brian Harring wrote:
2 > What for? So someone can name their package foo-1? Is that really
3 > such a major gap we're willing to induce breakage?
4 >
5 > Will anyone even !@#*ing use a package names foo-1? I've yet to see
6 > an example given, just ignoring of the breakage it will induce.
7
8 I tend to agree. What value does this provide? It creates additional
9 work for no proven real-world benefit.
10
11 --
12 Thanks,
13 Donnie
14
15 Donnie Berkholz
16 Council Member / Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux <http://dberkholz.com>
17 Analyst, RedMonk <http://redmonk.com/dberkholz/>

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