In data mercoledì 11 marzo 2009 15:07:20, Tim Soderstrom ha scritto: : > On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:24 AM, Brian Moon wrote: > >> I don't think you should. Again, Drizzle is an alpha level product > >> if I > >> am not mistaken so support existing distros may not make a lot of > >> sense, > >> because by the time Drizzle is ready for prime-time, GCC 4.2 may > >> already > >> be available. Besides, if you can still distribute binary packages > >> for > >> various distros that were built with GCC 4.2, I would really call > >> this > >> small potatoes. > > > > In my mind, the point of build bots is to ensure that Drizzle will > > compile on platform X for user Y without much trouble. I agree that > > we are still in alpha with Drizzle. I have other stuff masked on > > Gentoo that I need to do my job, so it is not that big of a deal for > > me to mask gcc. I was just not sure if my thoughts about the > > purpose of the build bots matched the communities thoughts. Sounds > > like Monty wants to be as compatible with as many distros, as they > > are, as possible. > > <off-topic> > I'm sure you do :) I'd be willing to bet MySQL 5.1 is one such masked > package (that or a custom ebuild). Gentoo's handling of MySQL in > general (recall the uber stupid symlink disaster of 5.0 or the lack of > a recent 5.1 being available) was the catalyst in me opting to switch > my own servers to Ubuntu. Been happy ever since. Gentoo has SOO much > potential but it's all for nothing if people aren't rowing in the same > direction. They have no good leadership or visionaries (didn't their > former cult leader leave to go work for Microsoft?). Kinda makes me > sad really because I used to be a huge Gentoo fanboy. Many of the > ideas, on paper, are really awesome. How they are being deployed in > practice is another story. Gentoo basically needs their own > Shuttleworth. If they had someone like him, it'd be a force to be > reckoned with. > </off-topic>
I was the only active maintainer for MySQL in Gentoo that time, so the whole disaster is my fault. Trying to have multiple versions of MySQL on the same system, managed by only one package manager was stupid. Hopefully, I did also something useful, the eclass used is still mostly mine, and, with my retiring the managment is gone back to the more conservative and skilled Robin J. returning to a _much_ safer state. regards, Francesco (vivo) Riosa
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