From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DMARC_MISSING,FREEMAIL_FROM,FROM_LOCAL_DIGITS,FROM_LOCAL_HEX, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailout03.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.81]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14NZn3-0000x5-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 05:21:41 -0700 Received: from fwd06.sul.t-online.com by mailout03.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14NZnq-0004Kd-00; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:22:30 +0100 Received: from helios.bagwan (320095285153-0001@[62.155.143.196]) by fwd06.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14NZnY-0FMoSmC; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:22:12 +0100 Received: (qmail 9358 invoked by uid 0); 30 Jan 2001 15:03:24 -0000 Received: from sadchitananda2.bagwan (HELO gottinger.de) (achim@192.168.2.1) by helios.bagwan with SMTP; 30 Jan 2001 15:03:24 -0000 Message-ID: <3A76AB5A.F28D6474@gottinger.de> From: 320095285153-0001@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Distribution Name References: <87lmrtliry.fsf@scooby.mysterymachine.ddts.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: 320095285153-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: achim@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue Jan 30 05:22:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:54:02 +0100 X-Archives-Salt: 14e2da10-71b4-4703-b5d4-d4e65625b812 X-Archives-Hash: 9fea82172cd3dc3f3118ab842ca519d7 > Hi, Some comments of mine. 1. We use python because the ebuild system is in heavy development and python is very good for RAD. If we have all the features we want in ebuild wewill port it t C++, so this GPL problem isonly temporary. 2. You must separate the portage tree fron the iso's. In the near future (1.0-final or a bit later) it should be possible to build a system that relyies only on GPL'ed software. We don't care about GPL-philosophies for our release-candidate iso's because we want to provide a fullfeatured and usable system that includes most of the things you expenct a linux-distro to have at the moment. Try to see it like portage is some sort of distribution-framework and the iso is just an example what you can do with it. achim~