From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D34AF1389E2 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:51:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 69562E086B; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:51:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f53.google.com (mail-wg0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2D789E0849 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:51:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f53.google.com with SMTP id l18so1813859wgh.40 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:51:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OgK6iitpOc2xx0HjY01dUq8HTL2rQPlAs/xOu3VF26A=; b=fsjZvQM2cnBdIsvooJ4y6jnvkbg+qkAiFQLpdk7RsEvTlQX88jS5x+yiZ4y2ATInh5 ENmq0Lzlrbh0UOLYFxw+akp3tjm84p54ituQ5bp+YIMfHDA5DjhG+9Fw5Qpe7aj1PN4w 6eGPSRtxdeWLm39VWAf96cucZ4qB1ec6Q84mLSg97quzgUS09rorEM6T99OY9o4fp6r/ EUEqV7dWa78GznZ2wJv/UJrN1+SrqW3KrUB6vRk4C4Ytd7yNXImOTkjYSBGpggchP6Fy +P+3I+ZKJBA0aAwRCpXWLvECuWJqYff6EbkBVuEz0FSxvP2VGxwfmmNm29R4YYxGC170 Fweg== X-Received: by 10.180.80.133 with SMTP id r5mr34313962wix.20.1416945089971; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:51:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (105-237-217-13.access.mtnbusiness.co.za. [105.237.217.13]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id n3sm17858107wiw.5.2014.11.25.11.51.28 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:51:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5474DDAA.6020707@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:51:06 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now References: <546EE70C.2050506@yourstruly.sx> <54721CEC.1020902@libertytrek.org> <20141123180055.GC2139@vidovic.ultras.lan> <547228FC.6080703@libertytrek.org> <547242A3.30403@libertytrek.org> <54724FD3.1040202@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 10d2236e-b176-4ac3-8c48-baa2fecf0c52 X-Archives-Hash: de507759c572cf1228242de1e801a9b6 On 25/11/2014 18:35, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2014-11-23, Alan McKinnon 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