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 1FDmD3-00073L-H1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:30:58 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1RHRlcv030729; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:27:47 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1RHH9XE026514 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:17:09 GMT Received: from [213.121.151.206] (helo=snowdrop.home) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1FDlzg-00035V-Na for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:17:08 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FDlzb-00032n-I4 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:17:03 +0000 Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:17:00 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What happens with masked packages? Message-ID: <20060227171700.27846550@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <20060227012654.GH8621@garbanzo> 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> <20060227012654.GH8621@garbanzo> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.12; i686-pc-linux-gnu) 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; boundary=Sig_l8h5m77quFlDbEq.+uu.phX; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: a5d78c68-fe7e-40ca-aa12-b738caebaa90 X-Archives-Hash: eacb57bf6b3869876e17d1d34fb75e09 --Sig_l8h5m77quFlDbEq.+uu.phX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:26:54 -0500 "John J. Foster" 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. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Sig_l8h5m77quFlDbEq.+uu.phX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEAzQP96zL6DUtXhERApZmAJ9wCWOhdv4iNCzRURVSCn/mitNSXQCfekIV HOXiKh/540PyKUejaxpfwJA= =PuV6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_l8h5m77quFlDbEq.+uu.phX-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list