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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HoKYr-0002qS-2P for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 May 2007 14:33:05 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4GEVmQC008684; Wed, 16 May 2007 14:31:48 GMT Received: from s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (s15216962.onlinehome-server.info [217.160.22.205]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4GEPNGS000595 for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 14:25:28 GMT Received: (from uucp@localhost) by s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (8.13.3/8.13.3/SuSE Linux 0.7) with UUCP id l4GEPYt7005449 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 May 2007 16:25:34 +0200 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by nibiru.metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id l4GENDKk001579 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 May 2007 16:23:13 +0200 Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 16:23:13 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Gentoo gets as bad SuSE: Circular dependencies [WAS: Thank you Gentoo devs] Message-ID: <20070516142312.GA31409@nibiru.local> References: <2fcf3fa50705151356xa11afaem4efd2a58a2d13442@mail.gmail.com> <464A9A30.9060707@omesc.com> <2fcf3fa50705160551g61ec4fb0g241675da8061d873@mail.gmail.com> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Terror: bin laden, kill bush, Briefbombe, Massenvernichtung, KZ, X-Nazi: Weisse Rasse, Hitlers Wiederauferstehung, 42, X-Antichrist: weg mit schaeuble, ausrotten, heiliger krieg, al quaida, X-Killer: 23, endloesung, Weltuntergang, X-Doof: wer das liest ist doof X-Archives-Salt: 447b374b-59e8-4867-87d0-233113dce62e X-Archives-Hash: 566a36a7577d3de1aba82cfb3ffe42be Hi folks, I also want to say "Thank you" to the gentoo devs. Thank you for producing lots of circular dependencies (ie. in the Xserver), which make maintenance complicated. Cirular deps have been really sucking in SuSE and were one of the major for dropping it to me. Great, great thanks to the devs for forcing me to maintain my own overlay to clean up the crap. (anyone who's interested in it, please give a note). cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list