Le jeudi 13 janvier 2005 à 17:09 +0100, Martoni a écrit : > On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:21:22 -0500, Nicholas Pappas > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all. > >
> I am sorry - but these threads almost get me into flame war mode. What > you are saying is "I like Gentoo - but I don't like Gentoo". It makes > no sense what so ever. One of the basic points with using Gentoo, > IMHO, is that it *is* a source based distro. I think that's a common misconception about gentoo. If you read the "Philosophy of Gentoo", at http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml , you can read We have become known as a "from source" distribution, but the heart of the Gentoo concept is not "from source." "From source" is an important and key aspect of Gentoo, and something that was and will continue to be necessary for Gentoo, but it is not the only issue or most fundamental issue. The most fundamental issue is designing a technology that allows us and others to do what they want to do, without restriction. and, a little further down It's important that our tools support binary packages, because binary packages are widely used and widely in demand in the Linux community. If our tools don't support binary packages, then we can't claim that our tools are designed to allow a user to do anything he or she might want to do. So Nicholas' demand semmes to be an official objective of the Gentoo community, and he doesn't deserve to be flamed at all ! -- Frédéric Grosshans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
