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On 12/11/2011 1:10 PM, James Broadhead wrote: |
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> On 11 December 2011 10:41, Andrea Conti<alyf@××××.net> wrote: |
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>> On 27/11/11 16.36, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>>> sys-apps/openrc-0.9.6 is just... gone? Not even masked, but completely |
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>>> gone from portage. |
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>> FYI, sys-apps/openrc-0.9.7 is out. |
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>> Apparently, the solution to the rc_parallel issues was to remove every |
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>> mention of rc_parallel from the default /etc/rc.conf |
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>> Brilliant. |
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> I didn't take this email at face value when I read it earlier, but I |
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> just merged my openrc-0.9.7 config file. |
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> Wow, what a cynical move. |
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Its only cynical in that it reflects a basic failing of |
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human psychology, namely, "thst warning doesn't apply to me" |
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syndrome. |
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I imagine their thought process went something like this: |
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"We exposed this experimental feature that's hard to get |
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right and only moderately useful, with explicit instructions |
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not to complain if it doesn't work unless you are personally |
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going to put in the time and effort to fix it." |
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"People blithely ignored our warning, enabled it, then |
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complained loudly when it did not work." |
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"Since no one bothers to read the warning in rc.conf about |
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this feature, and we have neither the time, manpower, nor |
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overwhelming need to make it work, we'll just stop |
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mentioning it." |
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"HOPEFULLY anyone smart enough to find and re-enable a |
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hidden, explicitly unsupported feature will be smart enough |
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not to complain when it doesn't work." |
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--Mike |
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