From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L9j7B-0004pE-2f for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:37:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E9E15E05EC; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:37:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3628E05EC for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:37:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gentoo.org (xray.science.oregonstate.edu [128.193.220.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BB906429C for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:37:43 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 08:37:42 -0800 From: Donnie Berkholz To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] app-admin/eselect needs YOUR help Message-ID: <20081208163742.GA2455@comet> References: <49398A33.2070203@gentoo.org> <20081206154415.37b1c14e@snowcone> <20081207074439.GB8968@comet.hsd1.or.comcast.net> <20081207144633.3d233dc8@snowcone> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6TrnltStXW4iwmi0" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081207144633.3d233dc8@snowcone> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Archives-Salt: b0a71ff1-f6d4-4c29-8581-95bdb97d4cb4 X-Archives-Hash: bb9e30c16288afd91b5cdc684d1b752a --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 14:46 Sun 07 Dec , Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 23:44:40 -0800 > Donnie Berkholz wrote: > > I hadn't heard of it before, thanks for the ref. What was the reason > > for forking the codebase? It gets pretty annoying to copy across > > useful changes, especially while eselect is stuck in svn. >=20 > Ease of getting things done. Going through Gentoo requires finding a > Gentoo maintainer, endless bikeshed arguments about how to implement > things like the new alternatives framework and then months of waiting > for approval. Open and public debate about the right way to do things does take=20 longer, and it's something you certainly participate in quite frequently=20 so I'm surprised to hear you badmouth it when it comes to your own=20 ideas. --=20 Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkk9TVYACgkQXVaO67S1rtsQfgCcC7uCFxDRfuJ1FJs17ZYd4kfQ bIEAoIh1RIAJJ5Qas4sKfPqR2k/KAraM =tKg7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0--