On 23/03/06, Chris Gianelloni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 16:40 +0000, Chris Bainbridge wrote: > > If the software a user wants is in an overlay, then the user will be > > forced to install the overlay. > > It shouldn't be in the overlay, is I think the point many are trying to > make. If the software is good enough for any of our users, it should be > good enough for the tree.
I agree. I would ask, what are the advantages of overlays that developers find so compelling that they use them rather than the portage tree? Would it not be a better idea to find a way to bring those advantages to the tree, rather the proliferation of overlays we are seeing? > > There is a discussion on the forums at the moment along a similar > > topic http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-443469.html - the vote > > seems to indicate 58% of users are "not really happy with the way the > > portage tree is handled". > > No. It indicates nothing except that 58% of the 80 people who filled > out the poll are "not really happy with the way the portage tree is > handled" which by my counts, isn't even a drop in the bucket of our > number of users, making the statistic completely worthless. True. Nevertheless, it is the only statistic I have seen regarding users thoughts on this subject. Of course a larger sample size would be preferable. There should be more feedback from users - bug voting on bugzilla would be a start, why has it never been enabled? -- [email protected] mailing list
