-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 10/02/13 12:47, Patrick Lauer wrote: > So instead of moving things from random overlays to the tree we > remove packages now, remove features from other packages because of > that (openfoam) and then ... tell users to use an overlay? > > Somehow this appears not well thought out to me. +1
On 10/02/13 13:11, Rich Freeman wrote: > There is nothing wrong with having an overlay that provides a > better experience than the main tree. Most distros actually > operate this way Most distros aren't very good. > - just look up your average non-core piece of FOSS software and the > first thing their Ubuntu install instructions will tell you to do > is to add some repository to your list. And the second search result is the Ubuntu troubleshooting broken installs as a result of adding other repositories. I accept that there may exist reasons for using overlays. "Ubuntu do it!" is not one. - -- Alexander alexan...@plaimi.net http://plaimi.net/~alexander -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREIAAYFAlEXl8QACgkQRtClrXBQc7UKOAD+P7mFavgADIecwTm5jKLEnbq/ h81FRf2qbvwf54X6T9YA/RJ4y1EAesZOvxvpuIVTEKpLwcTipgWJZeExzWReAn/7 =po4x -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
