On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:46:54 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > But despair not. You want latest X? Install the X11 overlay. It is there to > test the very latest stuff. You want latest gcc? gcc-porting is for you (gcc > 4.4 is just sweet...). Perl? perl-experimental. > > Today a lot of stuff is tested in overlays first, before becoming part of the > portage tree. This could be faster - but again, manpower is the magic word. > (also one reason why I dislike overlays: it makes portage tree looking stale > and gentoo looking dead, while the overlays are very alive). > I wasn't too familiar with the overlays. I thought they were just a repository for unusual packages, but I guess they are essentially the developmental branch of Gentoo. The issue of manpower is very interesting and also a little disturbing. Perhaps this isn't the proper place to discuss such a topic, but after deciding to switch to Gentoo only a few months ago, a certain blog post has captured my attention: http://ben.liveforge.org/2009/06/04/gentoo-dying Frank Peters
