On Thu, 8 Aug 2013 13:41:02 -0400 Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > This isn't a good example, because the PMS compliance governs over > > this. > > PMS really only covers the format of the ebuilds themselves, and stuff > like built-in functions that these rely on - the interface between > ebuilds and package managers. As stated in 1.1, it also describes certain aspects of the PM behavior that is required to support such repository. If a PM misbehaves, it's not the package that is the problem; but the PM that's problematic. > [ ... Snipped paragraph about config files. ... ] This is not what this thread is about; but yes, that is stated in 1.1. > [ ... Snipped paragraph about Paludis and PM-agnostic utilities. ...] +1 Agreed. > We provide sensible defaults, and right now OpenRC is the most > sensible default. That doesn't mean that things that require systemd > or something else can't be stable. The word "sensible" might not be the right choice; or well, at least one could argue systemd is not necessarily a less sensible choice. As far as I am aware there isn't any consensus based reason of this type blocking stabilization, just some opinions; from what I see it really is mostly the upgrade path and some minor bugs that are still in the way. > [ ... Snipped paragraph about "stability" not meaning "useful". ...] +1 Agreed. -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
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