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On 1/8/06, Abhay Kedia <abhay.ilugd@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sunday 08 January 2006 03:25, Trenton Adams wrote: |
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> > So, there's documentation that specifically explains that packages can |
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> > be split, and this can cause a conflict? I tried to find that, after |
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> What? How is packages being split even comes in question and why does it need |
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> "specific" documentation? A conflict is a conflict. It can arise because of |
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> any new change that has been committed to portage. Man pages explain how to |
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> solve these conflicts. Job done! |
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> Now I don't understand how hand-picking each problem and then explaining about |
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> it is going to help. Documentation about a super-set is present. How will |
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> writing the same thing about each subset help the matter? If anything it will |
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> just increase the redundancy. What you want is a how to on climbing the |
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> stairs. Either you can write, "Climb 1st step and then go step by step" or |
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> you can write "Climb 1st step, then climb 2nd step, then 3rd step, then |
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> climb..."? Which one do you want? |
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> > I dont' need most of gentoo's documentation, as I've found it quite |
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> > easy to use, after learning and reading about a few basic things. But |
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> > not everyone does. |
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> Why? Why doesn't everyone else find Gentoo easy? What is it that differs you |
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> from others? Some super intelligence? The only difference between you and the |
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> others that I can see is that you chose to read while others don't. |
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Well, could be many things. I've found fear of computers to be one |
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blocker to being better at computers than one can be. Having fear |
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creates a mind block. Another one could simply be lack of experience. |
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The more experience you have, the more likely you are able to solve a |
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*new* problem quickly, as it could be related in some way. Perhaps |
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you can call this intuition. And I'm sure there are many more. |
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So no, not superior intelligence. In fact, I don't believe in |
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*genius*. :) Actually, I had a great debate about this topic with a |
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guy at work. He worships people like Linus and such. I told him that |
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even people like Linus, although intelligent, will happily admit that |
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they are products of circumstance. And, to prove my point, I did a |
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search about Linus on this topic. As it were, he wrote a book called |
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"The Accidental Revolutionary", or something like that. I've actually |
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been meaning to read it. So, either Linus has false humility (which |
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is arrogance), or he means what he says. I've also found that those |
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who think they are intelligent, usually are not. :D As it were, I |
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believe Linus to actually be intelligent, only because he decides to |
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actually work, rather than sit on his butt all day. But, that's all a |
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side tangent. LOL |
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> Regards, |
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> Abhay |
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