From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GvfyV-0003ae-83 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:17:39 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kBGKGTmH013707; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:16:29 GMT Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org (170.Red-213-96-222.staticIP.rima-tde.net [213.96.222.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBGKDLmL031412 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:13:22 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D66C58D305 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:34:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tungsteno [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12594-01 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:34:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from snowdrop (82-41-57-20.cable.ubr08.edin.blueyonder.co.uk [82.41.57.20]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CD738D304 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:34:47 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:13:09 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Dependencies on system packages Message-ID: <20061216201309.02a2e13d@snowdrop> In-Reply-To: <20061216124630.102c8602@tycho.dirtyepic.ca> References: <20061210011117.36672693@blashyrk> <20061210013347.02fc22cd@blashyrk> <200612100322.52349.peper@gentoo.org> <20061210025009.3e17529b@blashyrk> <20061211113534.4d15a366@blashyrk> <20061211114529.22081fec@blashyrk> <20061216124630.102c8602@tycho.dirtyepic.ca> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_ES9D2myGd6lGdDsH/g9PtXr"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ferdyx.org X-Archives-Salt: 17f41398-bb2b-41dd-8a43-f838667d9e49 X-Archives-Hash: 33c9e74e489cf6f2aa9e2cdd6ea2cbfd --Sig_ES9D2myGd6lGdDsH/g9PtXr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:46:30 -0600 Ryan Hill wrote: | Stephen Bennett wrote: | > > Could you spell out that exception clause, please? | >=20 | > It doesn't translate well into words, but we'll go with something | > like "Unless you know exactly why the rule is there, understand | > fully the implications of breaking it, and know why it's a | > good idea in this particular case." | >=20 | > However, if you're in a position to be invoking that clause, you | > should know about it anyway. |=20 | Can we skip the sekrit rulez crap and just spell it out? Really, how | does this help anyone? It's quite simple. You don't do it unless you are fully aware of the consequences. If you have to ask, you aren't fully aware of the consequences so you mustn't do it. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh Mail : ciaranm at ciaranm.org Web : http://ciaranm.org/ Paludis is faster : http://ciaranm.org/show_post.pl?post_id=3D61 --Sig_ES9D2myGd6lGdDsH/g9PtXr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFhFNX96zL6DUtXhERAqrOAKDG9+UagT7tWpF6Sp4jAS84WRZ2lQCeIsXY B3A3KxRrWwjZs91XEk2PjQg= =Wi0J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_ES9D2myGd6lGdDsH/g9PtXr-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list