> > Here is an excellent interview with Ciaran McCreesh about Paludis: > > > > http://lab.obsethryl.eu/content/paludis-gentoo-and-ciaran-mccreesh-uncensored > > > Thanks for the link.
It really got the meta-wheels turning for me. I found especially interesting the fact that Paludis's use on Gentoo is crippled due to incompatibilities between it and Portage. This is, of course, brought about by the "Portage" tree. Also: "What are your plans regarding the future of Paludis as a Gentoo related technology should Paludis for various reason reach the event horizon of being able to provide a completely new GNU/Linux Distribution both in the technical and social framework meaning of the term?" "I don't have a problem with supporting multiple distributions with Paludis. I know that a couple of people are using Paludis for small, internal-use-only distributions where they need things that Gentoo can't deliver. Supporting other distributions or formats doesn't mean dropping Gentoo or ebuilds." And: "Or is there interest in creating from scratch a distribution based entirely on Paludis?" "I've heard a rumour that some people are experimenting with a replacement tree that uses functionality offered by Paludis but not Portage (not so much to create a Paludis-based distribution as to create a better tree that Portage could theoretically support at some point). But there's nothing open to the public just now." - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
