Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-05-07 Thread Matthew Marchese
On 4/18/2016 3:32 PM, Marc Joliet wrote: On Saturday 16 April 2016 14:48:51 Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hello, Gentoo. I'm just saying hello to confirm I'm still here. For many months now, Gentoo has simply worked for me, without problems. I sync my system several times a week, and emerge just

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-18 Thread Marc Joliet
On Saturday 16 April 2016 14:48:51 Alan Mackenzie wrote: >Hello, Gentoo. > >I'm just saying hello to confirm I'm still here. > >For many months now, Gentoo has simply worked for me, without problems. >I sync my system several times a week, and emerge just works. > >The last bit of excitement I had

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 14:48:51 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > So a big thanks to all the developers who've brought about this happy > state of affairs! +1 -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 14: Temporary tax increase pgpIH7iszB7xQ.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-17 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Saturday, April 16, 2016 07:07:16 PM Dale wrote: > >> I was thinking fence post but we have the same idea. ;-) > You're referring to a LART? > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=LART That's the one. ROFL > Actually, I think the only info I got from it

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Saturday, April 16, 2016 07:07:16 PM Dale wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Saturday, April 16, 2016 11:25:23 AM Dale wrote: > >> Top posting since John started it. lol > > > > Refusing to top-post, even when others do... > > Makes for even more fun to trace the conversations... > > > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-16 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Saturday, April 16, 2016 11:25:23 AM Dale wrote: >> Top posting since John started it. lol > Refusing to top-post, even when others do... > Makes for even more fun to trace the conversations... > >> Can you two explain this to Alan Grimes? He seems to think emerge has >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 16/04/2016 21:54, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Saturday, April 16, 2016 09:51:52 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 16/04/2016 21:35, John Blinka wrote: >>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Dale >> >>> > wrote: >>> Top posting since John started

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:35:18 -0400, John Blinka wrote: > > Top posting since John started it. lol > > > > Sigh... Can I blame it on gmail's interface (rather than me not paying > attention...)? Sorry. Of course you can. You can blame it on sunspots if you like. However, that doesn't mean

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-16 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Saturday, April 16, 2016 09:51:52 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 16/04/2016 21:35, John Blinka wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Dale > > > > wrote: > > Top posting since John started it. lol > > > > Sigh... Can I blame it on

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 16/04/2016 21:35, John Blinka wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Dale > wrote: > > Top posting since John started it. lol > > > Sigh... Can I blame it on gmail's interface (rather than me not paying > attention...)?

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-16 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Saturday, April 16, 2016 03:35:18 PM John Blinka wrote: > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Dale wrote: > > Top posting since John started it. lol > > Sigh... Can I blame it on gmail's interface (rather than me not paying > attention...)? Sorry. Use a different

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-16 Thread John Blinka
On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Dale wrote: > Top posting since John started it. lol > Sigh... Can I blame it on gmail's interface (rather than me not paying attention...)? Sorry. John

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-16 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Saturday, April 16, 2016 11:25:23 AM Dale wrote: > Top posting since John started it. lol Refusing to top-post, even when others do... Makes for even more fun to trace the conversations... > Can you two explain this to Alan Grimes? He seems to think emerge has > some very serious problems.

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 16/04/2016 16:48, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Gentoo. > > I'm just saying hello to confirm I'm still here. > > For many months now, Gentoo has simply worked for me, without problems. > I sync my system several times a week, and emerge just works. > > The last bit of excitement I had was

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-16 Thread Dale
Top posting since John started it. lol Can you two explain this to Alan Grimes? He seems to think emerge has some very serious problems. ;-) I might add, I recently went through the KDE plasma update which involved a ton of rebuilds/upgrades. Since I run a mix of stable and unstable, it

Re: [gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-16 Thread John Blinka
I've been meaning to write such a post for some time now. Thanks for prompting me to add my 2 cents. I've been using Gentoo for perhaps 15 years. There have been a few rough patches along the way resolved by new reinstalls, but overall this has been by far the best computing environment I've

[gentoo-user] Calm

2016-04-16 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Gentoo. I'm just saying hello to confirm I'm still here. For many months now, Gentoo has simply worked for me, without problems. I sync my system several times a week, and emerge just works. The last bit of excitement I had was in early 2015 when I was trying to sort out the mess in my