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Michael Orlitzky <mjo <at> gentoo.org> writes: |
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> Heavy on bad words and light on solutions, but it made me feel better: |
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> http://michael.orlitzky.com/articles/motherfuckers_need_package_management.php |
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You know, when I read this I got quite a chuckle. Then I started to |
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'marinate' on this a while and stupid little things started to just |
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pop up in the back of my head. I've been trying to forget this post |
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ever since I read it; it has a bit too much truth to it, I suppose. |
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Then a bombshell hit me on a very big FOSS project (no do not ask the |
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name) that I could not believe I was reading. |
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It seems they have, somehow murky, all sorts of release tarballs with |
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proper identification, if you can find them with major.minor-revision |
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numbers, like we use in gentoo. But they pow_wow, pick the best one and then |
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release it with only major release numbers, although there are many, maybe |
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up to 5 or 6 tarballs floating around from the various work products |
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that should have the minor-rev info in the dam name. |
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So just spank my ass and send me home from coding school. How the hell can |
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they do that, and maintain any resemblance to credibility? Deep in the |
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ticket system you can find the details. Seriously, it's a joke and now |
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there's some finger pointing amongst some big names in 'open source' |
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development. I guess they just want folks to download major-distro binaries |
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and bolt ons to the various distros. What ends up in the distro binary |
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downloads is even a further drift from the sources. Some serious smoke and |
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mirrors. |
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So, Micheal's profanity, although not optimal, is ceratinly warranted. |
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The more I hack and write code the more I'm realizing that either idiocy |
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or chicanery is a mainstay of some major FOSS projects and the big distros? |
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Gut-wrencing experience, to say the least. I just can't believe folks this |
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smart that can code are such a bunch of fools............ Package manager? |
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These folks need a class in manners, ethics and common sense. |
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Rant on, Michael, Rant on! |
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hth, |
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James |
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