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On Wed, 1 May 2013 13:35:25 -0400 |
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Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Big binary distros already deal with this problem... |
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> Well, if you only support one version of every library and change them |
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> all in lockstep a few times a year, then this becomes a complete |
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> non-issue. However, if you're going to do that then a big part of the |
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> value that Gentoo creates is lost. |
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No, they also tend to get their developers to split out libraries |
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where necessary, allowing multiple versions of the libs to be installed |
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in parallel, correctly. Granted, the way most of them do it is ugly, |
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but their developers do put in the work. |
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> Sure, I'd prefer a perfect world to a better world, but I'm not going |
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> to get a perfect world, so I'd prefer a better world to the one I live |
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> in today. |
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"Barely adequate" is the enemy of "good". |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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