* Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2013-05-14
@ 2013-05-01 17:45 99% ` Ciaran McCreesh
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From: Ciaran McCreesh @ 2013-05-01 17:45 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Wed, 1 May 2013 13:35:25 -0400
Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Big binary distros already deal with this problem...
>
> Well, if you only support one version of every library and change them
> all in lockstep a few times a year, then this becomes a complete
> non-issue. However, if you're going to do that then a big part of the
> value that Gentoo creates is lost.
No, they also tend to get their developers to split out libraries
where necessary, allowing multiple versions of the libs to be installed
in parallel, correctly. Granted, the way most of them do it is ugly,
but their developers do put in the work.
> Sure, I'd prefer a perfect world to a better world, but I'm not going
> to get a perfect world, so I'd prefer a better world to the one I live
> in today.
"Barely adequate" is the enemy of "good".
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Ciaran McCreesh
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