From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14492 invoked from network); 24 May 2004 04:11:29 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by parrot.ussg.indiana.edu with SMTP; 24 May 2004 04:11:29 +0000 Received: from parrot.ussg.indiana.edu ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BS6oC-0007eG-E1 for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 24 May 2004 04:11:28 +0000 Received: (qmail 17201 invoked by uid 89); 24 May 2004 04:11:28 +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 20878 invoked from network); 24 May 2004 04:11:27 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 21:11:21 -0700 Organization: Sometimes Message-ID: References: <200405201846.37173.cbrewer@stealthaccess.net> <33709.68.78.66.41.1085179258.squirrel@webmail.neoturbine.net> <1085182035.8753.188.camel@newkid.milsson.nu> <200405221402.34584.stuart@gentoo.org> <1085321100.8753.277.camel@newkid.milsson.nu> <33664.68.78.45.146.1085326812.squirrel@webmail.neoturbine.net> <1085347074.7843.97.camel@newkid.milsson.nu> <33555.68.78.45.146.1085355273.squirrel@webmail.neoturbine.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-230-66-58.ph.ph.cox.net User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2.91 (As She Crawled Across the Table) Sender: news Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Stuff that makes people mad X-Archives-Salt: 51c7fc1b-b494-4a48-8620-8f1fd54ac817 X-Archives-Hash: 216e0efaccdcc9afbe29ce4714eedf5f Joseph Booker posted <33555.68.78.45.146.1085355273.squirrel@webmail.neoturbine.net>, excerpted below, on Sun, 23 May 2004 18:34:33 -0500: > i just saw genome's message.......another point is that package can be > called differant things in differant distros, esp dependance of i18n > versions, the only people who could pull off such a thing would probly be > if kde and gnome and FSF got together and decided on provided this kind of > metadata......no offense, but i dont think you got that kind of influence Actually, that's what the freedesktop.org and lsb standards are doing, in their respective areas. If you are really interested in doing something upstream farther than Gentoo, and making it pretty much universal, I'd get involved in one of those organizations. (In this case, lsb would be the place to go, as freedesktop is more GUI standards, not core system standards irrespective of GUI or CLI choice.) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list