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On 31 Mar 2003 20:19:15 -0500
Mike Atamas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is the GWN some sick twisted april fools joke?
> Are we really moving to rpms and if so who is smoking the crack. If
> you want rpms use redhat.
>
> Mike Atamas
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Actually the "moving to rpm
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 11:07:03 -0500
Kurt Lieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:19:15PM -0500 or thereabouts, Mike Atamas
> wrote:
> > Is the GWN some sick twisted april fools joke?
>
> Just as a follow up to all this, yes, it's a joke. Yes, we hooked an
> amazine number of
Kurt Lieber wrote:
> Quite honestly, I'm surprised that so many people believed it.
Maybe I've been around too long (remember Kremvax?), but last week's
announcement that GWN would be a day late due to "scheduled server
maintenance" was parsed as an excuse to have an April 1st GWN, so
something of
There are some ebuilds using the rpm tools (Realone... etc), maybe they
get confused by this fact.
Ted Ozolins wrote:
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 08:30, Graham, Steve wrote:
Just as a follow up to all this, yes, it's a joke. Yes, we hooked an
amazine number of people and yes, I enjoyed every minu
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 08:30, Graham, Steve wrote:
>
> Just as a follow up to all this, yes, it's a joke. Yes, we hooked an
> amazine number of people and yes, I enjoyed every minute of it. :)
>
> Quite honestly, I'm surprised that so many people believed it. To me, the
> notion that Gentoo wou
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] april fools?
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:19:15PM -0500 or thereabouts, Mike Atamas wrote:
> Is the GWN some sick twisted april fools joke?
Just as a follow up t
> Quite honestly, I'm surprised that so many people believed it. To me, the
> notion that Gentoo would dump ebuilds in favor of RPMs is so far from the
> realm of possibility as to be absurd. Obviously, some folks didn't find it
> quite so impossible. :)
>
Oh, this wasn't too bad.. you should ha
Acually I thought it was to far fetched. But thought damn this is going
to get a lot of people. ;-) Good joke!
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From: Kurt Lieber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:07 AM
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On Mon, Mar
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:19:15PM -0500 or thereabouts, Mike Atamas wrote:
> Is the GWN some sick twisted april fools joke?
Just as a follow up to all this, yes, it's a joke. Yes, we hooked an
amazine number of people and yes, I enjoyed every minute of it. :)
Quite honestly, I'm surprised that
Of course it is an april fools joke. EBuild is what make Gentoo what it is
(with all of its many pros and many cons).
Tom Veldhouse
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From: "Mike Atamas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 7:19 PM
Subject: [gentoo-user] april fools
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 04:29, Norberto BENSA wrote:
> On Monday 31 March 2003 10:27 pm, gregor battig wrote:
> > man, i was already getting seriously worried...
>
> You're not the only one ;-)
>
> At first I said: "WHAT!? RPM!?"
I was allready thinking of starting my own fork. Thanks that I don'
Alec Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 19:19, Mike Atamas wrote:
> > Is the GWN some sick twisted april fools joke?
> > Are we really moving to rpms and if so who is smoking the crack. If you
> > want rpms use redhat.
>
> Slashdot has picked it up now
> (http://develope
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 19:19, Mike Atamas wrote:
> Is the GWN some sick twisted april fools joke?
> Are we really moving to rpms and if so who is smoking the crack. If you
> want rpms use redhat.
Slashdot has picked it up now
(http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/01/0234215). Good
j
Yeah, you need a machete to cut through the sarcasm. But then again I
read the posts here before I read the newsletter, so I already had some
idea that it was a joke before I read it.
Jason
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 23:07, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> Yes, but when you are suffering from lack of sleep
Yes, but when you are suffering from lack of sleep .
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 06:14:27PM -0800, el lodger wrote:
> > On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 02:51:34 +0100
> >
>
> Have they been embellishing it or something? I fail to see how
> anyone could read it and not instantly know that it is a joke.
> Some o
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 06:14:27PM -0800, el lodger wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 02:51:34 +0100
> Alex Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm so glad you said that, I was about to go to bed and have
> > nightmares of losing some of Gentoo's best features. I was
> > completely taken in, but on
On Monday 31 March 2003 10:27 pm, gregor battig wrote:
> man, i was already getting seriously worried...
>
You're not the only one ;-)
At first I said: "WHAT!? RPM!?"
Regards,
Norberto
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"Jon \"GenKiller\" "Gaudette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev:
> I nearly had a heart attack, until I saw the date.
>
> I love Gentoo so much (honestly). To think of all those changes,
> would be enough for me to crawl up in a fetal position and hope for
> death.
>
> If any GWN people are reading this
Alex Walker wrote:
I'm so glad you said that, I was about to go to bed and have nightmares of
losing some of Gentoo's best features. I was completely taken in, but only
for a couple of minutes... honest.
Really, this was a very good joke :)
But guys, if you think about that a little .. why the
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 02:51:34 +0100
Alex Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm so glad you said that, I was about to go to bed and have
> nightmares of losing some of Gentoo's best features. I was completely
> taken in, but only for a couple of minutes... honest.
>
> I thought I would have hear
I nearly had a heart attack, until I saw the date.
I love Gentoo so much (honestly). To think of all those changes, would
be enough for me to crawl up in a fetal position and hope for death.
If any GWN people are reading this, very well done :)
-Jon
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 20:19, Mike Atamas wro
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On Tuesday 01 April 2003 02:19, Mike Atamas wrote:
> Is the GWN some sick twisted april fools joke?
> Are we really moving to rpms and if so who is smoking the crack. If you
> want rpms use redhat.
I'm so glad you said that, I was about to go to bed a
Got a bunch of us. But it shows how much we like ebuilds and how good they
are. Before I figured it out I was having cold chills and spasms just
thinking about RPM - aggghH!
> On Tuesday 01 April 2003 11:19, Mike Atamas wrote:
> > Is the GWN some sick twisted april fools joke?
> >
man, i was already getting seriously worried...
thank god for april fools!
have a fun day,
greg
--On 31.03.2003 20:28 -0500 "Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I think they got us .
well if it goes through debian or redhat might move back to my main
machine.
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 20
I think they got us .
> well if it goes through debian or redhat might move back to my main
> machine.
>
> On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 20:18, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> > On Tuesday 01 April 2003 03:19, Mike Atamas wrote:
> > > Is the GWN some sick twisted april fools joke?
> > > Are we really movi
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 11:19, Mike Atamas wrote:
> Is the GWN some sick twisted april fools joke?
> Are we really moving to rpms and if so who is smoking the crack. If you
> want rpms use redhat.
clearly an april fools, but a good one nonetheless :)
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well if it goes through debian or redhat might move back to my main
machine.
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 20:18, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 April 2003 03:19, Mike Atamas wrote:
> > Is the GWN some sick twisted april fools joke?
> > Are we really moving to rpms and if so who is smoking th
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 03:19, Mike Atamas wrote:
> Is the GWN some sick twisted april fools joke?
> Are we really moving to rpms and if so who is smoking the crack. If you
> want rpms use redhat.
>
the first 30 seconds I was really shocked.. but then I saw the watch..3am
1.April everything will
Hadn't thought of that but I hope it's a joke - just like LSB is a
joke.
> Is the GWN some sick twisted april fools joke?
> Are we really moving to rpms and if so who is smoking the crack. If you
> want rpms use redhat.
>
> Mike Atamas
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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