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On Qui, 2011-02-17 at 07:27 +0100, Patrick Börjesson wrote: |
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> On 2011-02-16 20:41, Angelo Arrifano wrote: |
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> > [1] http://dev.gentoo.org/~miknix/about.xml |
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> Minor notes: |
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> "We only patch applications" -> "Generally, we only patch applications" |
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fixed |
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> "as least as possible" -> "as little as possible" |
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fixed |
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> "run Gentoo as primary system" -> "run Gentoo as your primary operating |
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> system" |
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fixed |
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> The wording in "Stable or bleeding-edge" could use some improvement and |
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> clarification. |
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> "(i.e. up-to-date packages)" should probably be something along "(i.e. |
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> they are (rather|decently) up-to-date)". |
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fixed |
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> Going into which files to edit to make use of stable/unstable mixing |
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> is probably too specific here. Mension that it only involves editing a |
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> file to accomplish, but don't go into which files those are. |
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agreed |
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> "faster" in this context seems weird... "earlier" fits better. |
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fixed |
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> I think "unstable" here gives the wrong impression. The software that |
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> portage installs really shouldn't be "unstable". Marking a package as |
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> ~arch is for testing the _ebuild_, not the package. So I'd probably |
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> re-write this to something along: |
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agreed |
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> "Our stable packages generally stay close to upstream (i.e. they are |
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> decently up-to-date). However, if you find that the "stable" version of |
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> your favorite software is too far behind upstream you can get the latest |
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> version by mixing "stable" and "testing" packages, simply by editing a |
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> file or two of portage's config. That way you don't compromise the |
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> stability of your entire system by wanting the latest of one particular |
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> application." |
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that's good! |
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> > "At one point we all were new to Gentoo and learned about it, now it |
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> > is your turn" |
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> Maybe something like this instead?: |
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> "All of its current users had to learn to harness the power of Gentoo. |
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> Are you ready to take control?" |
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I like it, fixed. |
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> More like a dare, makes for a more interesting finish... |
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Thanks, |
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Angelo Arrifano (miknix) |
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Developer / GPE maintainer |
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http://www.gentoo.org/~miknix |
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http://miknix.homelinux.com |
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