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> > > > The real blocker for features that I'd like Gentoo to support is |
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> > > > Portage. There is only 1½ people working on it and changing anything in |
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> > > > it is hard because Portage is a horrible mess. There's plenty of |
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> > > > activity in the tree but new desired features cannot be used in the |
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> > > > tree until Portage supports them. It also doesn't make matters better |
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> > > > that over the years all sorts of weird hacks (that now have to be |
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> > > > supported) have been added to the tree instead of waiting for proper |
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> > > > solutions. Most people who are capable of helping to improve Portage |
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> > > > just don't want to touch it. |
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> > > |
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> > > Would you say that portage is the main block in the way of Gentoo's |
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> > > continued progress? |
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> > |
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> > Actually I guess that's pretty much exactly what you said. I didn't |
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> > realize portage is where the problem lies. In fact, I thought we were |
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> > all still proud of portage I'm going to think about this some. |
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> It all depends on what kind of features you're interested in. The features I |
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> happen to be interested in requires ebuild changes (which means that me using |
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> another package manager doesn't help) *and* requires package manager support |
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> before said ebuild changes can happen. Therefore for me Portage is a |
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> blocker... |
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What does everyone else think about this. Is portage a major blocker |
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of progress or not so much? |
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- Grant |
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