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 E09E31389E2 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2014 21:03:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EFD9AE0AA6; Tue, 2 Dec 2014 21:03:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f175.google.com (mail-ig0-f175.google.com [209.85.213.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F3557E0A6B for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2014 21:03:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f175.google.com with SMTP id h15so15738945igd.2 for ; Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:03:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=qOAG4dyI4HR8ebKeCTLsMde0XBOtgGIkQU787Y1Vk2U=; b=lzQD5FGpyJV9Wsph0DJwNRCJILQL/LCI8RhiBxoYnn+NchBkIhZ7nZ103F5+UiB6il ASgT3hAL+fpWwTH1BjKxdZtnz+/nHoqUVWMAXA2/UNtcnuPWKehDK6Dy/TN9t7WUNlje 8o69OcB52lcg3Kv9h+jkkJRwVCWIpT5cGuAG5mJTwofY6oJP0pn23828w7vC5FMbr7tR L+PUo56ywBDQeBZmR/x+woMUaLOMLxR2aH+hzUvRp48yX0bxMY9qnyjof+CAl6YsLhxf RnTKLPoAKkbwOnbGmix7ZtCLeTULa20ePU9emVA/lX8qrEdHXAn6R3iu/fNW0TwvGKKC 69Ig== 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 X-Received: by 10.107.128.138 with SMTP id k10mr1321838ioi.69.1417554190211; Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:03:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.5.138 with HTTP; Tue, 2 Dec 2014 13:03:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <547A20B9.8080503@gentoo.org> References: <54764D1E.1080201@xunil.at> <54768398.60701@yourstruly.sx> <547689B4.6010606@yourstruly.sx> <5476A3B1.1050403@gentoo.org> <5478A482.2030203@gentoo.org> <20141129142815.GB3752@acm.acm> <547A20B9.8080503@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 15:03:09 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ? From: Sid S To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113fbcc4f537790509420dd0 X-Archives-Salt: 806567cc-c7b4-4b59-a66b-57de67f8f167 X-Archives-Hash: 06483353ecc62fdca6251c45bc792e6d --001a113fbcc4f537790509420dd0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hasufell, what are you referring to by attempts to make Gentoo more friendly to gaming? On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 1:38 PM, hasufell wrote: > Alan Mackenzie: > > So that > > instead of conceptualising a "branch" (as you would do with Mercurial, > > Bazaar, Subversion, or even CVS), you need to think about "commits > > reachable from a certain head (excluding commits reachable from some > > other head)". > > [snipping everything that is not technical] > > How exactly is that a disadvantage? You are just complaining about the > way a concept is presented without saying what actual limitations that > implies (if any). > > If you like mercurial better, use that. Speaking about "disadvantages" > however requires a bit more than "I like that way better". > > --001a113fbcc4f537790509420dd0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hasufell, what are you referring to by attempts to make Ge= ntoo more friendly to gaming?

On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 1:38 PM, hasufell <hasuf= ell@gentoo.org> wrote:
Alan= Mackenzie:
> So that
> instead of conceptualising a "branch" (as you would do with = Mercurial,
> Bazaar, Subversion, or even CVS), you need to think about "commit= s
> reachable from a certain head (excluding commits reachable from some > other head)".

[snipping everything that is not technical]

How exactly is that a disadvantage? You are just complaining about the
way a concept is presented without saying what actual limitations that
implies (if any).

If you like mercurial better, use that. Speaking about "disadvantages&= quot;
however requires a bit more than "I like that way better".


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