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 1Gvj92-0006H1-LM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:40:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kBGNdmPb029677; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:39:49 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBGNabit020425 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:36:37 GMT Received: from [192.168.20.50] (user-64-9-233-156.googlewifi.com [64.9.233.156]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBE6E648E2 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:36:36 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <45848302.70703@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:36:34 -0800 From: Mike Doty User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060926) 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Dependencies on system packages 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> <20061216201309.02a2e13d@snowdrop> <45845550.9050705@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <45845550.9050705@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 92f02331-7824-4554-ab5a-9f1f1b2ca549 X-Archives-Hash: a4abf205418824143aa283ee4e767195 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Doug Goldstein wrote: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >> On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:46:30 -0600 Ryan Hill >> wrote: >> | Stephen Bennett wrote: >> | > > Could you spell out that exception clause, please? >> | > >> | > 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." >> | > >> | > However, if you're in a position to be invoking that clause, you >> | > should know about it anyway. >> | >> | 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. >> > > Which clearly doesn't answer Ryan's question... but hey... that's a > Ciaran answer... > > Basically the idea is that Ciaran and spb can protect their image as the > all knowing gods of programming. In other mailing lists they would be > considered trolls and/or Debian devs/users. > All right, all the trolling needs to stop. Please direct your flames at the closest brick wall. - -- ======================================================= Mike Doty kingtaco -at- gentoo.org Gentoo/AMD64 Strategic Lead Gentoo Council Gentoo Developer Relations Gentoo Recruitment Lead Gentoo Infrastructure GPG: E1A5 1C9C 93FE F430 C1D6 F2AF 806B A2E4 19F4 AE05 ======================================================= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBRYSDAIBrouQZ9K4FAQI1SAP/eIuXRpqypo8wdbtfISgmhtbMICczjl1d aZrALxsATSWnmQjy7E9E2B2A7iFKQxIyCKXlUusoDtTooGmBegXALZzgQ7oOL3gt YJFcP0YjFTLnwfpfwauVMfYJGB/ClmGze0nVNyGfU2dSt4eWY9zLw9Ai90v2jGPX U0B+VjlnLpY= =f/Mj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list