From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7308 invoked by uid 1002); 10 Apr 2003 16:32:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 15421 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2003 16:32:19 -0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org From: Peter Simons Date: 10 Apr 2003 18:30:57 +0200 Organization: private Message-ID: <87istmgvr2.fsf@peti.cryp.to> References: <200304100013.30307.gentoo@mchsi.com> <20030410062826.GA2310@mars.leahcim.invalid> <200304100003.57256.robert.cole@support4linux.com> <200304100429.01001.cedric@neopeak.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org Sender: news Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Binary release of gentoo X-Archives-Salt: 28878d8e-f24a-4500-870c-2f9b5fc8710e X-Archives-Hash: 335a49c3e6d01291cbb812cce0e7f76d Cedric Veilleux writes: > Gentoo already supports binary packages anyways [...]. We're only > talking about improving it AFAIK.. What's wrong with improving some > features of portage if it's possible and if it won't hurt anyone? There are about a gazillion different Linux distributions out there, and all of them have their own bunch of supporters, who can get quite emotional arguing why _their_ system is superior to the rest. This fact suggests that different people have different needs and taste -- and that makes it quite obviously impossible to build a system everybody will like. Considering this, Gentoo should identify its core strength and focus on _that_, because _that_ is the reason why its users prefer Gentoo over all the other systems. Trying to attract users from other groups with features they might like, but about which your core users do not care, is a foolish thing to do. All you'll achieve is messing up a wonderful distribution. Now, I cannot speak for others, but the reason why _I_ use Gentoo is because it is source-code--based and clean. Binary distributions are of no interest to me. What I care for is to get the technically most ad'fucking'vanced source-code--based Linux distribution known to man. Let's be honest: Binary distributions are for men with no hair on their chest. Mouse pushers. Let them use SuSE. They don't deserve better. Peter P. S.: My god, we Genntoo users are the best, aren't we? :-) -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list