> > > > The real blocker for features that I'd like Gentoo to support is > > > > Portage. There is only 1½ people working on it and changing anything in > > > > it is hard because Portage is a horrible mess. There's plenty of > > > > activity in the tree but new desired features cannot be used in the > > > > tree until Portage supports them. It also doesn't make matters better > > > > that over the years all sorts of weird hacks (that now have to be > > > > supported) have been added to the tree instead of waiting for proper > > > > solutions. Most people who are capable of helping to improve Portage > > > > just don't want to touch it. > > > > > > Would you say that portage is the main block in the way of Gentoo's > > > continued progress? > > > > Actually I guess that's pretty much exactly what you said. I didn't > > realize portage is where the problem lies. In fact, I thought we were > > all still proud of portage I'm going to think about this some. > > It all depends on what kind of features you're interested in. The features I > happen to be interested in requires ebuild changes (which means that me using > another package manager doesn't help) *and* requires package manager support > before said ebuild changes can happen. Therefore for me Portage is a > blocker...
What does everyone else think about this. Is portage a major blocker of progress or not so much? - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
