On 7 Jan, Mark Knecht wrote: > 2) The idea of end-users installing ebuilds themselves from an unknown > individual delivered through an email list is about as insane as it > could be. Just what I need is an untested ebuild that I install and > build myself stealing everything on my system. > > As a user and someone who cares about Gentoo I'd like to see ALL > ebuilds banned from this list. Only takes one bad seed and one > not-very knowledgeable user like me to give the distro a black eye it > doesn't deserve. >
This is nonsense! This list is just a source of information. Nobody is forced to install anything nor does this list shuffle off responsibility when maintaining a Gentoo system. Furthermore, I'm quite convinced that admins using Gentoo know what they are doing, especially those subscribed to this list. Thanks for beeing concerned about our well-being, and a HAPPY new year to you, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
