Re: [gentoo-user] What happened to OpenRC 0.9.6?

[Dale]

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


Sounds like good reasoning too.  lol

Dale

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