Two and a half years ago I was enchanted with Mandrake Linux. The release cycles were much faster and more bold at using the latest versions of the applications that people wanted at the time. She was feature rich and still leads the pack in the installation many categories. I'm always pleasantly delighted that I can design and implement such a complicated filesystem layout including elements of the Logical Volume Manager, Raid and my choice of all the big file systems that are out there today - Right from the installer menu!
My point is this... I want Mandrake to offer Portage for access to the latest application compiling. Portage is being made available for Mac's OS X, and the Cygwin project on Windows. Portage is one of the best development tools to come along under the GPL banner. Even BSD "Ports" fans are envious of Portage. Well, this probabaly isn't the best time to bring this up with all the intense debugging going on and the agressive deadlines that you're trying to make. But it is food for thought about the future. This integration would set Mandrake apart from all the other distros in an amazing way. Food for thought. Best Regards, Joe Baker President, Digital Communications Research, Inc.
