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Rich Freeman <rich0 <at> gentoo.org> writes: |
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> So, kicking the overworked portage team with stuff like "Gentoo has a |
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> lousy package manager" is not helpful and certainly violates the CoC. |
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> I don't see that here. |
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+1 |
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> On the other hand, that doesn't mean that we all need to line up and |
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> drink the kool aide and say that the behavior pointed out in the |
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> original message is desired behavior. |
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Is the kool_aide spike with 151 rum? just curious.... |
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> We can acknowledge that bugs exist without lining up with signs |
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> demanding their immediate fix. The portage team does great work, but |
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> the fact that package runtime dependencies can vary so much compared |
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> to a binary distro greatly complicates the dependency-resolution |
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> problem. So do some of our package-maintenance practices, and those |
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> are being looked at right now. |
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DAG nabbit, I thought I understood the problem and then lost focus? |
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> Just doing that alone would probably triage a |
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> large number of issues that confuse users which makes them somewhat |
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> happier and cuts down on list traffic. |
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and take our fun away? Now you're moving to my side of the installer issue? |
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;-) |
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James |
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