Re: [gentoo-user] What happens with masked packages?

[Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@gentoo.org>]

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On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:33:46 -0500 Dave Nebinger <dnebinger@joat.com>
wrote:
| Your statement is probably true for all of the binary distribution 
| folks.  But I doubt that you'll get many from this crowd that would
| say that we want or expect the gentoo team to "know what's best for
| [us]."

What, you think that everyone here knows exactly which version of gcc,
with which patches and which corresponding binutils to use? You think
that everyone here knows exactly which versions of db they do and do
not need installed? You think that everyone here knows which kernel
headers they should be using and in what way they should be patched?

Most of our users don't have a clue about those questions. Heck, most
of our devs don't either. Figuring all that stuff out correctly is a
hell of a lot of work. One of the major reasons for using Gentoo over
LFS is that someone else has done said work for you.

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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat)
Mail            : ciaranm at gentoo.org
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