On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:16:43 +0100 Steve Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stephen P. Becker wrote: > >> So (without a Portage tree) it replaces the oldgrown single-liner > >> wget foo; tar -xzf foo; cd foo; ./configure; make; make install > > > > Are you implying that there would be much more involved with > > anything currently in the gentoo tree in the absence of portage? > > > > /me cracks the bell > > > Er the discussion was about paludis without Gentoo ebuilds, not > upstream software, or Gentoo without its package-manager(?!) If it's > so great and "The Portage tree is not the only package repository out > there..." why not prove it with a whole maintainable OS install using > Paludis and zero Gentoo ebuilds? Indeed, it was about paludis without gentoo tree ebuilds. If you can't understand the flow of the conversation, I don't know what to tell you other than to re-read the thread. The point is, there are other repositories out there that paludis can use that aren't the main gentoo tree. Beejay asked somebody to elaborate, so I did. > Personally, I'd do Paludis for sourcemage, although I don't know > whether anyone would want to switch from the approved package manager > on that distro either. Still, since it's so amazing, I am sure you > would be able to prove it was better, and it would win on technical > merit. I don't see what that has to do with anything here, and I'm not trying to prove anything. I entered this conversation stating simple facts, and you took it well out of bounds. > (BTW posting links to an external website's code when specifically > asked about algorithms on a developer list is bad form imo. It > presumes on the time of your audience, some of whom actually work, > and might have intellectual property constraints on whose code they > can read. In future please just outline the algorithm for the issue > at hand, if you have one.) OK, now I'm really confused. Who posted a link, and what does this statement have to do with anything related to this current discussion? Seriously, I'd like to know, because I certainly didn't paste any link, yet you replied directly to me. -Steve
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