From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C3961381F3 for ; Thu, 30 May 2013 06:32:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 416B3E09BA; Thu, 30 May 2013 06:31:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com (mail-wi0-f178.google.com [209.85.212.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 35799E09A4 for ; Thu, 30 May 2013 06:31:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f178.google.com with SMTP id hj6so4165408wib.5 for ; Wed, 29 May 2013 23:31:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; bh=EropfZJjdp98PwdQeYYjCjF98NlRdCYFV8HpZ1E3bBQ=; b=LUonjtfKWEYuJX0gtqJI53XM86tGhURZ+6ll80wO8YIQceTJTXngxJbb6Q3N2RCqBL +GQ+gg2Z6NF7GCIHNm2QYW3oM3yP9UWxkE2jBURLWXCNJpanaU2dC10JUp5qqSEA9HaW mONILq8ViJaBZPdaAuK+Fj+8M8sYVavwn/RCymnsv9mM0fFD7v+9Pq4lpsELbbb+CXWm PoJwpSCk8PlJkay1X9v0lbtOuUFOMOSMkZKSCF0LdSDqfWWugmuak7BKPDGaZNuNQ++V hJU9jY/UMEMtZlOK5h/KQ/Zy469NLInxHzQSM+vzdOavMX+FBin4r3ZoDkmrzeFJWL1X REOg== X-Received: by 10.180.206.235 with SMTP id lr11mr17080053wic.59.1369895512934; Wed, 29 May 2013 23:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc13-broo7-2-0-cust130.14-2.cable.virginmedia.com. [82.9.16.131]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id fz8sm35694825wib.2.2013.05.29.23.31.52 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 29 May 2013 23:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 07:31:47 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Switchup-mode and boottime selector? Was: eselect init Message-ID: <20130530073147.701efc0e@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130530025258.GA23637@waltdnes.org> References: <51A1F493.90101@gentoo.org> <51A22310.70202@gentoo.org> <20130527224021.GA18963@waltdnes.org> <20130528135619.44259b60@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20130529105249.433e57f0@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20130529181554.GB23135@waltdnes.org> <20130529215600.0e53c63f@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20130530025258.GA23637@waltdnes.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.18; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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; boundary="Sig_/bHLj_i5OlwN.lnr8ZOHMJot"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: f3213f3e-ff70-4fd3-a1bf-7e7d0c0ba6aa X-Archives-Hash: 22dc731768eee4823f4f798f65e204bd --Sig_/bHLj_i5OlwN.lnr8ZOHMJot Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 29 May 2013 22:52:58 -0400 "Walter Dnes" wrote: > If users can already do it themselves, then why this entire thread? > Why do we need eselect/whatever? The big argument in favour of eselect is that when the procedure for switching things changes, there's no need to worry about users doing the old thing. (That, and if eselect doesn't have it, there will be something far worse showing up on the forums anyway...) --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/bHLj_i5OlwN.lnr8ZOHMJot Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlGm8lYACgkQ96zL6DUtXhGqxACfXfIKsacq6o26CXa4Ixk/64Zx VHEAn1zMuN63/sb7rMS7cHD/3QdCuQrg =DRJV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/bHLj_i5OlwN.lnr8ZOHMJot--