From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11929 invoked from network); 20 Jul 2004 21:28:24 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 20 Jul 2004 21:28:24 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bn29t-0003jv-K6 for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:28:21 +0000 Received: (qmail 23390 invoked by uid 89); 20 Jul 2004 21:28:20 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 8662 invoked from network); 20 Jul 2004 21:28:20 +0000 Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:18:55 +0000 From: Kurt Lieber To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <20040720211855.GB24932@mail.lieber.org> References: <20040720131405.GW18023@mail.lieber.org> <200407201643.25486.absinthe@gentoo.org> <20040720210315.GA7889@tompayne.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040720210315.GA7889@tompayne.org> X-GPG-Key: http://www.lieber.org/kurtl.pub.gpg User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Revisiting GLEP 19 X-Archives-Salt: 45f6c9ef-07b4-4cb1-956c-1675f7587312 X-Archives-Hash: 65ec019d3f55d93533fe6a2bb3423c61 --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 11:03:15PM +0200 or thereabouts, Tom Payne wrote: > We will also need to persuade every dev to support this. Often bug fixes = are > available from upstream only in a new version of a package, and are mixed= in > with a many other improvements. Extracting the bug fix _only_ and > backporting this fix to an old version is at best time consuming, often > difficult, and occasionally impossible. This was never the intent of the original GLEP. I don't think backporting fixes is feasible for many reasons. > Backporting fixes to out-of-date software that I no longer use for the > benefit of people I don't even know exist is distinctly unglamourous and > doesn't scratch any of my Open Source itches. You really need to persuade > developers that "Enterprise (slow-moving) Gentoo" is a good idea before > discussing implementation details. The primary reason for writing and reviving this GLEP is because quite a few developers, along with a great deal of users, have asked for an enterprise version of gentoo.=20 --kurt --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA/Yw/JPpRNiftIEYRAsvcAJ0eaH/BQOypxhsI5ej4k9EGRqcnUgCcDXX9 Dr+mZPS+G192WnNbaXjz4A8= =DoL6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz--