From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4SHU-0004Tr-R6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 23:52:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7ENoLjw018409; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 23:50:21 GMT Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.46]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7ENgYUB004868 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 23:42:35 GMT Received: from mac.com (smtpin01-en2 [10.13.10.146]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout10/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j7ENgwke004845 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:42:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.106] (cpe001217fa060b-cm0013718c1a36.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [70.24.10.222]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin01/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j7ENgtg3028183 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:42:57 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v733) In-Reply-To: <42FFA5AF.3070904@gmail.com> References: <1123371608.32004.3.camel@sf.rout.dyndns.org> <6C3F87F2-A3F1-47A5-A18E-A3632967B781@mac.com> <42FFA5AF.3070904@gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1--273113594 Message-Id: <04B47AD4-F253-44BF-AF3B-70A0A49E1CA9@mac.com> From: Paul Hoy Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives? Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:42:54 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.733) X-Archives-Salt: a3d797e1-015b-4d48-8966-572cf7c42a65 X-Archives-Hash: b69879c1ed6069238231b513c67c286e --Apple-Mail-1--273113594 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed 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 > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > 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) --Apple-Mail-1--273113594 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
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?=A0 That's difficult to = believe.=A0 For what = packages specifically?=A0 = Do you know how to unmask unstable packages (marked M or M~ at = packages.gentoo.org)?
Zac
--=A0
gentoo-user@gentoo.org = mailing list



Hi = Zac,

I just grabbed = a few semi-random examples from the Fedora feed-list (http://fedoraproject.org/infof= eed/). These are stable updates between July and = August.=A0


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=A0
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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