Canek Peláez Valdés posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:30:10 -0600 as excerpted:
> TL;DR, this is basically just a THANK YOU to the Gentoo devs, so > you can go on your daily business if you don't want to read the rest of > it. No biggie. Along these same lines... Who helps your Linux distribution run smoothly? Thank a packager today http://opensource.com/business/14/2/thank-a-linux-packager-today Quoting... In many cases, the process of packaging uncovers issues with the package that require the upstream developers to make changes and adjustments. A packager also works in close coordination with other packagers in the same Linux distribution because many packages have dependencies on other packages or provide services for other packages, making it vital that the community of packagers coordinate their updates to ensure the consistency of the final Linux distribution. As Linux users, it is often easy to forget (disregard?) how much work goes into the creation and maintenance of a Linux distribution. [...] After having learned the ropes of Linux packaging, and having seen first hand the dedication of this community, I developed a great deal of respect and appreciation for their work. Now, every time I install a package [...] I pause and think: "Thank you to the person who spent many hours configuring and building this application so that I didn’t have to." End quote. So here I am. Thanks! =:^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
