Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

[Paul Hoy <paul.hoy@mac.com>]

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On Aug 14, 2005, at 4:12 PM, Zac Medico wrote:

> Paul Hoy wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> This email isn't intended to troll, but to explore Linux variants  
>> that share certain characteristics. I really like Gentoo and I  
>> like that fact that it does a pretty good job at supporting Gnome,  
>> however, it's still behind other releases, such as Fedora, in  
>> terms of when it releases updates, etc. Linux from Scratch looks  
>> very interesting: it appears to rapidly support the latest updates  
>> and it has decent documentation. Does any one have any  
>> perspectives on Linux from Scratch, from a Gentoo point-of-view?  
>> Does anyone wish to share a comparison of the two?
>> Thanks all,
>> Paul
>>
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> Are we really far behind?  That's difficult to believe.  For what  
> packages specifically?  Do you know how to unmask unstable packages  
> (marked M or M~ at packages.gentoo.org)?
>
> Zac
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>

Hi Zac,

I just grabbed a few semi-random examples from the Fedora feed-list  
(http://fedoraproject.org/infofeed/). These are stable updates  
between July and August.


xpdf-3.00-20
vim-common-6.3.086-0
openoffice.org-core-1.9.112-1
gcc-4.0.1-4.fc4.i386
all the mysql files
all the php files
xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.2-37
metacity-2.10.0-2

NetworkManager (no Gentoo version)
ethereal-gnome (Can't find a Gentoo equivalent)
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.12-1.13 (no Gentoo version)

zlib (Gentoo has more recent release than Fedora)
gnome-panel-2.10.1-10.1.i386.rpm (Gentoo has more recent release than  
Fedora)




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