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 4.54) id 1FRnQ4-00086B-Bh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:38:20 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k379bYlA024570; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 09:37:34 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k379XXmd017371 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 09:33:34 GMT Received: from c-67-171-150-177.hsd1.or.comcast.net ([67.171.150.177] helo=[192.168.1.106]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1FRnLR-0006XA-M3 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:33:33 +0000 Message-ID: <443631D3.9060308@gentoo.org> Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:33:07 -0700 From: Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060208) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving Gentoo User Relations References: <1144377010.5485.82.camel@gaspode> <9445dc2b0604070151t68e184fdo3601938bb52d0871@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9445dc2b0604070151t68e184fdo3601938bb52d0871@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig7D5040A8DA217BD71679AC01" X-Archives-Salt: fdbbdf7b-d124-429f-aa21-685a2fb38c53 X-Archives-Hash: 08c752140c943ea086b18dc247d4d84c This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig7D5040A8DA217BD71679AC01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Christopher O'Neill wrote: > . I notice certain other popular distros are now running GCC4 (and > have been for some time), yet we are still running 3.4.6 (on ~x86). I > know it's a lot of work ensuring that all packages compile properly > with GCC4 and that there are no introduced bugs, but I have no idea > how we are progressing on this - and wouldn't even like to ask for > fear of asking in the wrong place.. Toolchain updates in particular take longer than with most distros, because of the nature of ours -- we need every user to be able to compile every keyworded package from source, and we have an extremely large package database. I bet there's a bug open for it. > . How's portage 2.1 getting along? I notice it gets frequent updates. The gentoo-portage-dev list is the place to follow this. > I am not asking for answers for those questions, they are merely > examples (I could think of many more, so please don't single these > out). The point I am making is how we (the users) are in the dark on > how Gentoo is progressing. This is the main reason I have subscribed > to this mailing list (as well as Gentoo-Users) in an attempt to keep > track of what's happening, but without much success). The general case of the above is that if you want information, you need to find the right spot for it. That's generally either a specific relevant list or Bugzilla. The information doesn't come looking for you. HTH, Donnie --------------enig7D5040A8DA217BD71679AC01 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFENjHVXVaO67S1rtsRAsVvAKDQXPJ1xvmGa9/YclnQdGSGcUtctACgomg4 rkskjPJg4Twt+EvMqSj/FzE= =bYZI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig7D5040A8DA217BD71679AC01-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list