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Naga wrote: |
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>> reader@×××××××.com wrote: |
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>> Case in point, portage I have read has a lot of hacks that are hurting |
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> development. In the end it works pretty well but it makes it really |
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> hard to add more "features" without messing up something else. So, |
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> someone needs to make a decision on what needs to happen with that. Some |
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> say rewrite portage, some say switch to C** and some say switch to |
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> Plaudus (sp?). This just seems to be one thing I have read about. |
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> I'm sure Portage (the program) has allot of hacks in it but I'm also sure |
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> that had those who advocate its shortcomings been concerned about |
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> backwards compability with older stable versions they would have been more |
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> humble in there criticism. |
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Yep, you are likely dead on there. Thing is, now, someone needs to |
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decide what to do next. I wouldn't mind a change that means you can not |
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go backwards. I have said M$ needs to cut that cord myself. It may |
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hurt at first but in the long run it will pay off. |
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>> Like you, I wish I could do more. I would be willing to learn to code |
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> if I felt it was worthwhile. I am disabled so I have plenty of time to |
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> learn and contribute but after my past experiences on -dev, I won't be |
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> repeating that for a VERY long time and only after some things change. |
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> The devs complain about not having enough help but when someone wants to |
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> learn and help some they sort of shoot themselves in the foot. |
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> The best way to help out is to try and join a team/herd. They are much |
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> friendlier then the -dev list and in much need of help. The easiest way I |
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> think is to join an arch team as an arch tester. |
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That may be true but the past few times on -dev left a bad taste. If I |
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start learning to code and stuff I would want to move up. Right now, |
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I'm not even remotely interested in that. I'll just stay right here |
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where I am. Of course, if I get the same here, I'd go away from here too. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) :-) |
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