On Friday 04 September 2015 01:01:34 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 04/09/2015 00:05, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > >>>>>>> I think it is an Einstein quote > > > > [..] > > > >>>>>> And Feynmann said something > > > > [..] > > > >>>> I don't think they're misnamed, the problem is in our heads. > > > > [..] > > > > tl;dr > > > > I don't care. > > I want to be a gentoo-USER (see name of ml). > > > > Don't get me wrong, I like fuzzing around with details etc (and most > > people subscribed here know that from various threads I triggered ...). > > > > But don't you agree that it *should* be possible to simply pull upgrades > > from the distro of choice without solving "problems in my head" ? > > > > IMO it's the definition of maintainers to keep that level of complexity > > away from the plain users. Especially for users of the stable "branch" > > (the OP of this thread wrote "stable" = amd64 machine). > > > > I admit: maybe I miss some point here because I didn't read the whole > > thread. > > > > IMO "stable" should result in a (mostly ...) carefree and maintained > > experience for the user. > > Sure. That's a valid POV. > > Gentoo config should be declarative, not imperative. You should tell it > *what* you want, not *how* to do it. Packages and SLOTs are > user-visible, they define what you want. Sub-slots, although I think I > understand them, are a poorly though out implementation as they expose > part of the how to the user. Worse, they sometimes make the user decide. > > And the name is confusing, it's all indicative of the concept not being > thought all the way through.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who has trouble with the ways other people use English. :) -- Rgds Peter
