From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:54:45 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2008.08.31.21.54.45@cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 48BAECC2.80403@gentoo.org
Joe Peterson <lavajoe@gentoo.org> posted 48BAECC2.80403@gentoo.org,
excerpted below, on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:10:58 -0600:
> Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
>> Users don't need to see it.
>
> I cannot quite agree on that point. Given that Gentoo is a distro that
> appeals to the more technically-oriented users, I personally believe
> that what we expose as ebuild syntax is actually exposed to many users
> fairly profoundly.
Indeed. Ciaran himself is a user, now, tho a dev for other projects. Of
course, I'm a user too. Both of us care (tho I'm sure he cares more than
I do) about virtual and need to see it,
But I think less technical user (even "luser" in some cases) is how he
tends to use the word. The are certainly there, but that has never
really been Gentoo's focus, and we don't expect users to need their hands
held.
--
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Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-24 21:01 [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition) Zac Medico
2008-08-25 17:51 ` Michal Kurgan
2008-08-25 18:01 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-25 18:37 ` Michal Kurgan
2008-08-25 18:40 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2008-08-25 19:06 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-25 19:12 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2008-08-25 19:36 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-25 19:58 ` Joe Peterson
2008-08-25 20:03 ` David Leverton
2008-08-26 6:39 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2008-08-26 13:20 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2008-08-26 14:20 ` Duncan
2008-08-26 17:44 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-27 0:08 ` Duncan
2008-08-27 1:49 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-27 2:23 ` Michal Kurgan
2008-08-27 3:16 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-27 4:18 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-27 3:51 ` Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
2008-08-30 9:59 ` Steve Long
2008-08-30 12:23 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2008-08-31 2:29 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steve Long
2008-08-31 12:30 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2008-08-31 19:10 ` [gentoo-dev] " Joe Peterson
2008-08-31 21:54 ` Duncan [this message]
2008-09-05 13:50 ` Marius Mauch
2008-09-05 13:44 ` [gentoo-dev] " Marius Mauch
2008-09-05 15:38 ` Joe Peterson
2008-09-05 15:46 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2008-09-05 15:50 ` Joe Peterson
2008-09-08 21:40 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steve Long
2008-09-08 22:07 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2008-09-10 1:30 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steve Long
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