On 14:46 Sun 07 Dec , Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 23:44:40 -0800 > Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hadn't heard of it before, thanks for the ref. What was the reason > > for forking the codebase? It gets pretty annoying to copy across > > useful changes, especially while eselect is stuck in svn. > > Ease of getting things done. Going through Gentoo requires finding a > Gentoo maintainer, endless bikeshed arguments about how to implement > things like the new alternatives framework and then months of waiting > for approval.
Open and public debate about the right way to do things does take longer, and it's something you certainly participate in quite frequently so I'm surprised to hear you badmouth it when it comes to your own ideas. -- Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com
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