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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What happens with masked packages?
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:30:58
Message-Id: 20060227171700.27846550@snowdrop.home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What happens with masked packages? by "John J. Foster"
1 On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:26:54 -0500 "John J. Foster"
2 <Gentoo-User@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 | That's a very true statement, and part of the attraction of Gentoo.
4 | But your comment about most users (at least of this distro) not
5 | having the slightest clue what's best for them is totally off base,
6 | (except, perhaps, where I'm concerned ;-)).
7
8 Hah. Try doing bug wrangling for a week and you might change that
9 opinion.
10
11 Anyway, part of the point of using a distribution is that it spares you
12 from having to know what's best for you.
13
14 --
15 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat)
16 Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org
17 Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm

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