From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N3BdL-0002iI-A6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:44:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 20B6CE07EF; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:44:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F29EFE07EF for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:44:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CD5A67FB1 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:44:25 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.5 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.901, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pMmhA8Oy41Le for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:44:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B2F567FAB for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:44:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1N3Bd8-0006yp-DU for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:44:14 +0100 Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:44:14 +0100 Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:44:14 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge advises upgrade profile Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:43:52 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87ws2fjwon.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87my3dohps.fsf@newsguy.com> <1256600902.19685.207.camel@rattus> <200910270152.27090.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <87eiopo6z6.fsf@newsguy.com> <4AE6863A.9080703@gentoo.org> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ol1/1cRCaun/3PRvLM2JsOXk+Bs= Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: ed92aa95-ef54-498b-b575-635723139762 X-Archives-Hash: bb521078a5e44bb9e4a56a23cbfb13c2 Jonathan Callen writes: > Harry Putnam wrote: >> In fact what does `developer' buy you? > > Among other things, it enables I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING, which tells you > the expected audience :). Seriously, the developer profiles are mainly > for Gentoo Devs, people who are going to be doing a lot of debugging and > testing of ebuilds. If you don't know if this is you, it isn't. He he... well put I guess... but I've found over time in other aspects of the linux/unix world... that what is intended for devs or other `adepts' can often have useful stuff even for a pea-brain like me. It doesn't mean you have to get involved in actual developement.