Re: [gentoo-user] Anxiousness? [was:Tips/Tricks for Gentoo on low-spec computer?]

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Alfredsen
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:36:58 +0100 "b.n." wrote: > Mark Knecht ha scritto: > > >The one thing I would respectfully suggest is that you carefully > > build your own portage overlay. My experience with Gentoo over the > > last few years is that there is a _anxiousness_ in the portage > > maint

Re: [gentoo-user] Anxiousness? [was:Tips/Tricks for Gentoo on low-spec computer?]

2009-01-20 Thread Saphirus Sage
I'm a total ~ARCH user, just because part of me really loves the joys of debugging. Honestly, on the rare occasion that something doesn't work, I've found a lesson is best learned when it is necessary. So in short, a bug is just a chance to learn to do something slightly differently. Anyw

Re: [gentoo-user] Anxiousness? [was:Tips/Tricks for Gentoo on low-spec computer?]

2009-01-20 Thread Nick Cunningham
2009/1/20 Paul Hartman > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 2:36 PM, b.n. wrote: > > Mark Knecht ha scritto: > > > >>The one thing I would respectfully suggest is that you carefully > >> build your own portage overlay. My experience with Gentoo over the > >> last few years is that there is a _anxious

Re: [gentoo-user] Anxiousness? [was:Tips/Tricks for Gentoo on low-spec computer?]

2009-01-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 2:36 PM, b.n. wrote: > Mark Knecht ha scritto: > >>The one thing I would respectfully suggest is that you carefully >> build your own portage overlay. My experience with Gentoo over the >> last few years is that there is a _anxiousness_ in the portage >> maintainer area

Re: [gentoo-user] Anxiousness? [was:Tips/Tricks for Gentoo on low-spec computer?]

2009-01-20 Thread b.n.
Mark Knecht ha scritto: >The one thing I would respectfully suggest is that you carefully > build your own portage overlay. My experience with Gentoo over the > last few years is that there is a _anxiousness_ in the portage > maintainer area to move newer revisions of software into portage > q