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 7B8C21381F3 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:44:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B974F21C00D; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:44:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-f53.google.com (mail-oa0-f53.google.com [209.85.219.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD357E0653 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:43:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f53.google.com with SMTP id j6so5699090oag.40 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:43:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=kHBzwlvmsC1tTIrHXCQ1FdyNViImYQPD/eAfQ0zg28I=; b=dc3XqXgQZHkn23B+N+ieb9qEXEDndjsjuEncS03h8O7XXaXUsh1JgEzTqzm0PYdAB2 IxXk9PB1TMBb3bThf+EVktBd1UeLC1QLjkuROGnutmsOfbRYr0dPXzmiCxDGFBNPg+cK zBEpfps6Jz/7+jROXPG7lO1+f740thRRN8Xt5lZc84Ey8wLM+r/XNwQ4usa3GX9smCgr F/Qh7Nxq4mELbz1qv5KmgqZV8wSNh0nsdZExk/C6HNYb9LeuQW4qcfs++18miKthwzWY +vkmtJIV/RZly96Q1YBmiwoUlW3VcYlS3mj9kf/nshuqJTX9NZ1Axw8ooOjBOwPe6qzR ZlzA== 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 Received: by 10.60.32.200 with SMTP id l8mr11459399oei.43.1355737437982; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:43:57 -0800 (PST) Sender: markos.chandras@gmail.com Received: by 10.76.28.169 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:43:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <50CDFD7F.7040207@orlitzky.com> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:43:57 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: mp3wGFjljaTEpt-JnDzutFPi3bQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Attracting developers (Re: Packages up for grabs...) From: Markos Chandras To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: fe19e519-d844-4446-a1fa-413380a30ad2 X-Archives-Hash: e21f523966f82fddcb6a6e4bb18ae1ae On 16 December 2012 19:14, Michael Mol wrote: >> >>> People still think of Gentoo as a ricer distro that's broken all >>> the time, when in reality, it's one of the most stable. >> >> Well that's not entirely true but that's a different issue > > What's not really true? That it's the most stable? or that people > think of it as a ricer distro? > It is definitely not the most stable. You can't even compare a rolling release distro with other distros when it comes to stability. It is just not possible. In order to have something stable, first you need to test a well-defined set of packages, then declare them (tag them) as stable, then have a dedicated team, tracking this tree, and fix potential bugs that may pop up. People may complain that Debian stable and Centos have ancient packages, but this is expected and it is a compromise between cutting-edge distro vs stability. -- Regards, Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2