Sam James wrote: > Eli Schwartz <eschwart...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On 4/3/24 11:30 AM, Eddie Chapman wrote: >> >>> Just to report I've been able to remove app-arch/xz-utils from my own >>> workstation, with 2412 packages installed and running kde. I'm going >>> to roll it out to my other gentoo systems which have a lot less stuff >>> on them so am confident will be fine. It's not completely trivial but >>> not as difficult as I imagined it to be, certainly something an >>> advance Gentoo user could do if they wanted, with instructions. It >>> does involve a relatively small hack and functionality previously >>> provided by xz-utils is replaced by app-arch/p7zip. >> >> I'd just like to clarify my previous posts: what you're describing here >> is neat and productive and valid to my eyes. Actually, I wish this had >> been the topic of the *first* post in this thread. :) > > Completely agreed. We just prefer shorter text and focusing on technical > changes. > > This sounds fun! > > >> [...] >> > > thanks, sam
Well, I didn't think my first post was so bad, but OK, I'll take that criticism onboard and in future will think more about how I bring something to this list, and will take into account what you and Eli have said. Thanks for sharing your thoughts above, both of you, in a constructive way. regards, Eddie
