Re: [gentoo-dev] DistroWatch and Gentoo packages: status quo and future

[Sebastian Pipping <webmaster@hartwork.org>]

Aaron Bauman wrote:
> Sebastian,
> 	I definitely admire your point and know that through your tracking and Google 
> SoC project you have good visibility on this I do however have to disagree.  
> As much as I enjoy the open source community and admire the products they put 
> out I do believe Gentoo has the right approach to packaging.
> 	My standpoint is that Gentoo always ensures stability in the fact that we 
> require packages to be tested prior to release in the main portage tree and 
> secondly the Gentoo developers always ensure security as best as they can.
> 	These I believe are what keep the portage tree somewhat behind the latest and 
> greatest and as always there are overlays and options that allow users to pull 
> these packages down if they want.
> 	I believe the great thing about Gentoo is the choice of whether to be cutting 
> edge or not.  If I have missed anything please let me know.

I don't think we should trade away quality.  You said you disagree with
me but with that said I don't see at which point.



Sebastian