From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-dev+bounces-34524-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1Lc0Mp-00018h-E1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:42:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 43CF7E046B; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:42:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f175.google.com (mail-gx0-f175.google.com [209.85.217.175]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B1DFE046B for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:42:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk23 with SMTP id 23so7643544gxk.10 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:42:44 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: antarus@scriptkitty.com Received: by 10.142.156.2 with SMTP id d2mr2618379wfe.64.1235493764293; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:42:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20090224163726.781bba19@snowcone> References: <1234257125.18160.2016.camel@localhost> <49A26B84.7040006@gentoo.org> <1235383347.12908.0.camel@neuromancer.neuronics-tp.ch> <efeb8d230902230228s1e9f1f06ja5e1e90f5f13d005@mail.gmail.com> <49A2B276.1000109@gentoo.org> <49A41D3F.4010706@gentoo.org> <b41005390902240821x26b94465w73dbe308dfb85396@mail.gmail.com> <20090224162341.149c49a7@snowcone> <b41005390902240833l3bcf7380i301b6344525085b9@mail.gmail.com> <20090224163726.781bba19@snowcone> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:42:44 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 76c5861921b26844 Message-ID: <b41005390902240842s319b0091hb3d47dc8351d48d7@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Issues regarding glep-55 (Was: [gentoo-council] Re: Preliminary Meeting-Topics for 12 February 2009) From: Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c2c6f78c-bdcf-4481-98da-d929632bb2fd X-Archives-Hash: f675730be4047181588dba4c07af74b1 On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:33:19 -0800 > Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org> wrote: >> Hey I never said its a perfect solution; but I'm a fan of the 'it >> covers 80%'. Sometimes you can't have your cake and eat it too; >> sometimes requirements get dropped. > > We can cover 100% with a solution with less of an impact. There's no > need to compromise here. Two years to argue and implement a solution certainly shouts "compromise" to me. -A > > -- > Ciaran McCreesh >