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 1JmCZy-0004oF-Os for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:41:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1728FE07DA; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:41:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp03.tky.fi (smtp03.tky.fi [82.130.63.73]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BB2D9E07DA for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:41:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.130.46.219] ([82.130.46.219]) by smtp03.tky.fi (SMSSMTP 4.1.9.35) with SMTP id M2008041621415414274 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:41:54 +0300 Message-ID: <48064856.1010309@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:41:26 +0300 From: =?UTF-8?B?UGV0dGVyaSBSw6R0eQ==?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080328) 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] What are blocks used for? References: <20080416062452.45f3831d@snowcone> <480594A8.80105@o2.pl> <4806139B.1080107@gentoo.org> <480631C1.7050905@o2.pl> In-Reply-To: <480631C1.7050905@o2.pl> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: url=http://users.tkk.fi/~praty/public.asc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigD2CE43C9E4A3BC7454C0CF20" X-Archives-Salt: 4517587e-6139-40bd-8fb6-b80d6ac1d11b X-Archives-Hash: f16ed0e88c8c6df9343b4d5ef00a2b7d This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD2CE43C9E4A3BC7454C0CF20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mateusz A. Mierzwin'ski kirjoitti: > Richard Freeman pisze: >> Mateusz A. Mierzwin'ski wrote: >>> And I strongly suggest to leave old mechanism of portage, because we = >>> saw couple times what _GREAT_ automatic makes with distro - eg.=20 >>> Mandriva with all creators and cheap installer - couple apps not=20 >>> running, low performance. >>> >>> Don't get me wrong - I also have that problems, and they make me=20 >>> nervous, but when I think what could I done by automatic replace=20 >>> package or binary then I get to thinking that everything is ok... >> >> Nobody is suggesting getting rid of all blocks or automating upgrades = >> that shouldn't be automated. >> >> They're suggesting adding a little more intelligence to the current=20 >> system. Really safe upgrades might happen automatically. Others=20 >> might still fail, but would contain more informational errors. Others= =20 >> might just continue as they do currently. >> >> You don't complain when you upgrade from shorewall 3.4.7 to 3.4.8 and = >> portage auto-uninstalls 3.4.7 when you're done, do you? The whole=20 >> point of a package manager is to automate routine and safe=20 >> activities. The alternative is manual install of tarballs... > And tell me, why whole day _no_one_ could wrote that like this? Thanks = > for info. Because for Gentoo developers it should be quite evident what the thread = was really about and this is not an educational list (we have=20 gentoo-user for that). To me it seems you misunderstood the topic all=20 the way. Responding in private to try and keep noise out of the public=20 mailing list. Regards, Petteri --------------enigD2CE43C9E4A3BC7454C0CF20 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkgGSFoACgkQcxLzpIGCsLR/qwCfSgwy+B7UHCLjg16D2k0LdYO/ tEkAn1nqU75DHpxwGoXePnR7ftUZ6YPD =WdIm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD2CE43C9E4A3BC7454C0CF20-- -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list