Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] [RFC] New metastructure proposal

2007-04-11 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 09:06 -0700, Alec Warner wrote: > These are the things that I see argued about often; do you try to add > tons of packages? Do you try to remove packages? Do you try to keep a > balance. Why does the tree contain unmaintained and broken packages? > Why does no (developer)

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] [RFC] New metastructure proposal

2007-04-11 Thread Alec Warner
Chris Gianelloni wrote: I think people are leaving because a lack of direction. I also agree here, but only to an extent. To quantify my earlier statement. There is no ability to say 'this is something Gentoo should dedicate resources to' vs. 'this is something that is outside the scope o

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] [RFC] New metastructure proposal

2007-04-11 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 00:05 +0300, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > I don't think this is the reason people are leaving. Agreed. > I think people are leaving because a lack of direction. I also agree here, but only to an extent. > I am not aware of any goal Gentoo distribution wish to acquire. For > examp

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] [RFC] New metastructure proposal

2007-04-10 Thread Rémi Cardona
Alexandre Buisse a écrit : [snip] My experience is limited to the gnome packages and just based on those, your proposal is already not doable. Gnome deps on : - core glib/gtk packages, used by many other packages, including "server" packages, but "owned" by the gnome herd - dbus/hal, handled

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] [RFC] New metastructure proposal

2007-04-10 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 4/10/07, Alexandre Buisse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone, as everyone probably noticed, there is a current atmosphere of sinking ship, with quite a lot of people leaving and many agreeing that gentoo is no fun working on anymore. Before it's too late, I'd like to propose a big reforma