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On Sunday, July 1, 2018 11:48:05 PM EDT M. J. Everitt wrote: |
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> A couple of passing thoughts:- |
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> 1) What is/are your own current use cases for using Gentoo? Server? |
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> Desktop? Cluster? Embedded? on what platforms/arches? And why Gentoo? |
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I use Gentoo on my server (NextCloud instance) and I also use it as my desktop |
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OS (laptops). All of those systems are amd64 with the server running stable |
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and my laptop running ~arch. |
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I began using Gentoo many years ago as a young teenager. I had begun |
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tinkering with my computer systems after attending an HTML summer camp and |
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being intrigued. My first system ran Slackware and then I began trying all the |
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various flavors out there. Eventually, I found Gentoo and spent countless days |
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bootstrapping, compiling, and tinkering some more. My interest was largely |
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the ability to easily customize and "dig in" the OS. I felt empowered and |
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grew my understanding of Linux as a whole. |
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Into adulthood I was exposed more to enterprise environments heavily reliant |
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on Windows systems with the occasional Linux box for particular things. I |
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have always remained partial to Linux and Gentoo in particular. I still |
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checkout the latest releases of other distros, but nothing compares to Gentoo |
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in my opinion. We offer (see my previous emails) a unique ability to |
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customize and control. That is what has always kept me with Gentoo. |
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> 2) What improvements to the distro (ignoring all structural discussions) |
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> would you like to see, to enhance your experience of using Gentoo vs |
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> something else? |
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> Cheers. |
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I see your point about ignoring structural discussions, but I believe some |
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structural modifications are required in order to enhance the various aspects |
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of Gentoo. Given the recent discussions (c.f. GLEP63, Generel Resolution, |
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etc), we need to begin *enforcing* standards. An example, GLEP63 is |
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important, but developers offer dissident views and refuse to comply. Of |
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course, enforcing these standards can cause turmoil and so recourse is |
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important. Thus, passing the general resolution is needed to ensure such |
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avenues are available. |
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If these are addressed I believe the community can address concerns such as |
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security. This is important to me as a member of the security team and is not |
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limited to the auditing of package vulnerabilities and ebuilds. It extends to |
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the entirety of the Gentoo infrastructure and the individual security of our |
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members. So, in this case, I would like to see the enforcement of GLEP63 not |
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only for the health of Gentoo, but for the security of our developers. |
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-Aaron |