From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2690D1381F3 for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:49:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1E8DDE0B7F; Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:49:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E339E0B36 for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:49:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (unknown [124.78.108.163]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: patrick) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EF66533EB5C for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:49:10 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <52061C07.7020707@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 18:55:03 +0800 From: Patrick Lauer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130426 Thunderbird/17.0.5 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] Gnome Stabilization 3.6 or 3.8 References: <5203A880.1050306@gentoo.org> <5203B190.80306@gentoo.org> <20130808172340.7d2424af@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <5203C908.1000304@gentoo.org> <20130808185357.4208db83@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20130808202627.4b474471@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20130809020303.GA11215@linux1> <1376033807.30224.21.camel@kanae> <5204B6A9.1080309@gentoo.org> <5204D30A.703@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9a688bf3-cb78-4684-b22d-8720bc5e59cd X-Archives-Hash: 326605e28b2533d41bee0aa5cb2764c2 On 08/09/2013 08:28 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Patrick Lauer wrote: >> You just removed the upgrade path for users. >> > > Just install systemd. There really isn't any practical alternative. > Gentoo with systemd is as Gentooish a configuration as Gentoo with > OpenRC, or Gentoo with libav, or Gentoo with emacs. > >> >> Somehow I get really confused by this selective perception (anyone >> remembering the KDE overlay getting paludised and the fallout from that?) > > I never had a problem with it. A rare bug ;) Lots of users ran into troubles, and like in the current situation they were unable to get support as they ran an actively unsupported configuration. (And I thought you were usually in favour of adhering to policies and not doing ADHD-fuelled random let's break stuff I'm hungry hahaha)