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> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 12:21 +0700, Nickolay Hodyunya wrote: |
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>> Yes, but it seems 0.0.21 is not even released, because there is no |
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>> files to fetch |
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>> from ftp.gimp.org for this version. |
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> Well, sometimes that happens when you build from trunk (and why it's |
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> usually discouraged). |
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That is not the only reason it is usually discouraged... the main |
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reason is that the code itself is often broken. |
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By the way, there is a contradiction among a subset of the Gentoo |
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users. They spend a lot of time optimizing their system |
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(sometimes even being irresponsible, using absurd CFLAGS), but at the |
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same time they install the very latest software, while 95% of software |
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gets slower with each release. Using the most recent, untested |
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software often leads to bugs and very often leads to decreased |
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performance. |
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What a rational person would do (in my opinion) is |
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1) A generally stable (no ~arch) system. |
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2) A few ~arch packages, where the ~arch versions really have important |
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features, and they outweigh the unreliability. One example would be |
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multimedia software, and perhaps Firefox (3.0 is still ~x86). |
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3) Zero or very few hardmasked or unkeyworded packages, including cvs |
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software. They are hardmasked for a reason. |
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Of course, some people do have a rational reason to download software |
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from cvs, such as developers of that particular software. |
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-- |
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Software is like sex: it is better when it is free - Linus Torvalds |
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