Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @preserved-rebuild EVEN IF some needed package is masked
Date:	Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:07:09
Message-Id:	`AECF3F40-4B24-4DD8-AC84-7FD270229039@stellar.eclipse.co.uk`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @preserved-rebuild EVEN IF some needed package is masked by Dale

1	On 5 Jan 2010, at 23:33, Dale wrote:
2	> ...
3	> Gentoo wasn't at fault here. KDE was the one that dropped the
4	> ball. Gentoo had to follow the knuckle heads at KDE tho.
5	> Dale
6
7	Between KDE & Gentoo, aren't most contributors volunteers? In
8	volunteer development it's normal & necessary to focus on the features
9	that one needs most. I can really understand KDE's position that
10	downstream distros - Red Hat & Canonical both have paid developers -
11	can continue maintenance on a codebase that is no longer receiving
12	their primary attention.
13
14	Stroller.

Subject	Author
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge @preserved-rebuild EVEN IF some needed package is masked	Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>