From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:51:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5474DDAA.6020707@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m52b3n$e8b$1@ger.gmane.org>
On 25/11/2014 18:35, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2014-11-23, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There is only the one that portage will happen to install should you not
>> specify a preference.
>
> If "default" doesn't mean "what will happen should you not specify a
> preference", then what _does_ "default" mean?
>
Please go back and read the whole thread and stop quibbling about semantics.
The OP made statements that read as if he felt entitled to support,
bugfixes etc from the gentoo dev community by simple virtue of a
particular package being considered a default. I pointed out he was
expecting far in excess of what was promised.
In that context, there is no default as such that does that. There is
only the package that portage will install sans an explicit choice by
the user. As to what that will do (your question), why it will install
the package of course.
I really don't know why you made this post, it has little or nothing to
do with what I said. Looks like cherry picking selective sentences to me.
--
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
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Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-21 7:17 [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now Paige Thompson
2014-11-21 7:31 ` Marc Stürmer
2014-11-21 18:17 ` Paige Thompson
2014-11-21 7:32 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2014-11-21 11:57 ` Rich Freeman
2014-11-21 17:36 ` Philip Webb
2014-11-24 17:54 ` Marc Stürmer
2014-11-24 18:25 ` Gevisz
2014-11-24 19:13 ` Marc Stürmer
2014-11-25 17:44 ` Gevisz
2014-11-26 7:45 ` Marc Stürmer
2014-11-26 8:39 ` Gevisz
2014-11-26 20:39 ` Walter Dnes
2014-11-26 21:19 ` Marc Stürmer
2014-11-26 10:06 ` thegeezer
2014-11-26 10:14 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-24 21:05 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-25 4:53 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 8:41 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-25 17:09 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 17:37 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-25 17:55 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 19:49 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-25 20:24 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 22:42 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-25 23:35 ` Emanuele Rusconi
2014-11-26 0:56 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-26 6:43 ` Gevisz
2014-11-26 5:59 ` Gevisz
2014-11-26 9:32 ` thegeezer
2014-11-25 18:37 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 18:21 ` Maxim Wexler
2014-11-25 18:46 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 22:02 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2014-11-26 7:34 ` Gevisz
2014-11-27 14:36 ` Tom H
2014-11-27 15:16 ` Rich Freeman
2014-12-03 17:01 ` Grant Edwards
2014-11-27 14:24 ` [gentoo-user] " Tom H
2014-11-25 7:15 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 9:45 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-25 10:23 ` Peter Humphrey
2014-11-25 17:03 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 19:56 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-25 20:13 ` Gevisz
2014-11-24 18:51 ` Emanuele Rusconi
2014-11-27 11:00 ` Tom H
2014-11-27 14:43 ` Marc Stuermer
2014-11-27 15:22 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2014-11-27 19:06 ` Marc Stürmer
2014-11-27 21:46 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2014-11-27 22:56 ` Paige Thompson
2014-11-27 23:01 ` Paige Thompson
2014-11-28 1:13 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2014-11-28 19:03 ` Paige Thompson
2014-11-28 19:14 ` Mick
2014-11-28 19:14 ` Michael Orlitzky
2014-11-28 1:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Nicolas Sebrecht
2014-11-21 18:37 ` [gentoo-user] " Paige Thompson
2014-11-21 22:04 ` Marc Joliet
2014-11-24 12:18 ` Sid S
2014-11-24 12:20 ` Sid S
2014-11-23 17:44 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-23 18:00 ` [gentoo-user] " Nicolas Sebrecht
2014-11-23 18:35 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-23 19:24 ` Rich Freeman
2014-11-23 20:25 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-23 20:35 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-23 20:48 ` Alon Bar-Lev
2014-11-23 21:21 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-23 21:45 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-23 22:22 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-25 16:35 ` Grant Edwards
2014-11-25 19:51 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2014-11-25 22:12 ` Grant Edwards
2014-11-27 11:03 ` Tom H
2014-11-23 21:20 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-23 18:07 ` [gentoo-user] " Canek Peláez Valdés
2014-11-23 19:02 ` Marc Joliet
2014-11-23 19:11 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-23 20:23 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-23 20:26 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-27 14:21 ` Tom H
2014-11-27 14:53 ` Marc Stuermer
2014-11-23 20:34 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2014-11-23 21:05 ` [gentoo-user] " Nicolas Sebrecht
2014-11-23 22:45 ` [gentoo-user] " Tanstaafl
2014-11-27 14:21 ` Tom H
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