From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What happens with masked packages?
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:17:00 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060227171700.27846550@snowdrop.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060227012654.GH8621@garbanzo>
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On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:26:54 -0500 "John J. Foster"
<Gentoo-User@festus.150ml.com> wrote:
| 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 slightest clue what's best for them is totally off base,
| (except, perhaps, where I'm concerned ;-)).
Hah. Try doing bug wrangling for a week and you might change that
opinion.
Anyway, part of the point of using a distribution is that it spares you
from having to know what's best for you.
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat)
Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-27 17:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-22 19:55 [gentoo-user] What happens with masked packages? Thierry de Coulon
2006-02-22 20:02 ` Dave Nebinger
2006-02-22 20:38 ` Thierry de Coulon
2006-02-22 21:38 ` Rafael Bugajewski
2006-02-22 22:12 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-02-22 22:44 ` Dave Nebinger
2006-02-22 22:53 ` Thierry de Coulon
2006-02-22 23:08 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-02-24 17:31 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2006-02-24 20:57 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-02-25 18:57 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2006-02-25 19:34 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-02-25 23:47 ` Mariusz Pękala
2006-02-26 5:16 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-02-26 16:34 ` Mariusz Pękala
2006-02-26 17:06 ` Bo Andresen
2006-02-26 20:40 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-02-26 23:25 ` John J. Foster
2006-02-27 0:15 ` Bo Andresen
2006-02-27 0:57 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-02-27 3:44 ` Zac Slade
2006-02-26 16:11 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2006-02-26 23:29 ` John J. Foster
2006-02-27 0:11 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2006-02-27 1:26 ` John J. Foster
2006-02-27 17:17 ` Ciaran McCreesh [this message]
2006-02-27 17:33 ` Dave Nebinger
2006-02-27 18:51 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2006-02-22 21:27 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
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