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From: Joe Peterson <lavajoe@gentoo.org>
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Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> Users don't need to see it.

I cannot quite agree on that point.  Given that Gentoo is a distro that
appeals to the more technically-oriented users, I personally believe
that what we expose as ebuild syntax is actually exposed to many users
fairly profoundly.

					-Joe