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From: Paul Hoy <paul.hoy@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:43:14 -0400
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On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:38 PM, Nick Rout wrote:

>
> On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:12:31 -0700
> Zac Medico wrote:
>
>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> Are we really far behind?  That's difficult to believe.  For what  
>> packages specifically?  Do
>>
> you know how to unmask unstable packages (marked M or M~ at
> packages.gentoo.org)?
>
> Unstable does not really cut it IMHO. I am a gentoo enthusiast through
> and through, but plonking something in portage with a ~ beside it does
> not constitute a release of a recent version IMHO.
>
>
>
>>
>> Zac
>>
>
> -- 
> Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>
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>

Hi Nick,

Yup, I've unmasked a few packages .. openoffice_ximian, for instance.

Paul
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