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 4.54) id 1FDXIo-000824-CU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:35:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1R1YoEL001887; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:34:50 GMT Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1R1R2kX021468 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:27:02 GMT Received: from frontend1.internal (mysql-sessions.internal [10.202.2.149]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1B58D38661 for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:27:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.151]) by frontend1.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:27:00 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: YPCsqcYm4gDrVW14Qppgm0/0Bx2fn7gEJHkkhLbbKWzp 1141003617 Received: from garbanzo (67-54-248-212.cust.wildblue.net [67.54.248.212]) by frontend2.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 701EA571604 for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:26:55 -0500 (EST) Received: by garbanzo (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:26:54 -0500 Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:26:54 -0500 From: "John J. Foster" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What happens with masked packages? Message-ID: <20060227012654.GH8621@garbanzo> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <200602222055.42113.tcoulon@decoulon.ch> <200602241457.43155.bss03@volumehost.com> <20060225185728.110b3398@snowdrop.home> <200602251334.28098.bss03@volumehost.com> <20060226161108.75dc45cb@snowdrop.home> <20060226232952.GG8621@garbanzo> <20060227001102.563683b4@snowdrop.home> 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="82evfD9Ogz2JrdWZ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060227001102.563683b4@snowdrop.home> Organization: Representing the Mambo User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: 6730c0bc-3b6b-4ba2-8bcf-df0d67cfc57f X-Archives-Hash: d0aa30acee278f45f23e308474f36a40 --82evfD9Ogz2JrdWZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 12:11:02AM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:29:52 -0500 "John J. Foster" > wrote: > | On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 04:11:08PM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > | > Absolutely not. If there's one thing we've established over the > | > years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the > | > slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability. > | > | Excuse me my friend, but I switched to Gentoo because of this > | attitude with every other distro I've moved away from !!! >=20 > The distro people are right. The difference between Gentoo and most > other distributions is that we make it easier for you to override our > decisions, should you feel the need. >=20 Ciarin, That's a very true statement, and part of the attraction of Gentoo. But your comment about most users (at least of this distro) not having the=20 slightest clue what's best for them is totally off base, (except, perhaps,= =20 where I'm concerned ;-)). \rant mode off\ festus --=20 I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,=20 you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts --82evfD9Ogz2JrdWZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEAlVe4FEnevDNLQ4RAhVuAKCSGl7655U79lB6n3wRaH5spA6ubACgmyl9 sNCxnJSwUceWWM9ugMllEzs= =8mPa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --82evfD9Ogz2JrdWZ-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list