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:FatELF: Turns out I liked the uncertainty better.
FatELF: Turns out I liked the uncertainty better.
Nov 5, 2009, 21 :02 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (2200 reads)

(Other stories by Ryan C. Gordon)

"I imagined people would discuss the merits and flaws of the idea and we'd work towards an agreeable solution that improves Linux for everyone. It sure seemed to be going that way at first. Ultimately, I got hit over the head with package management, the bane of third-party development, as a panacea for everything.

"After a while it sort of felt like no one was actually understanding a single thing I said. A lot of it felt like willful ignorance, but I suppose I'm biased."

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Looks like there's nothing that man  ...   Ulrich Drepper strikes again   
Jeffrey M.
Nov 5, 2009, 21:33:21
 
More correctly, it has no merits for use ...   This idea has no merits.   
Rainer Weikusat
Nov 5, 2009, 21:54:26
 
xyz ...   LT stripped the link, maybe they should fix that (   
xyz
Nov 6, 2009, 02:42:30
 
The idea of having binaries that will ru ...   The idea has merits,but not enough   
Golodh
Nov 6, 2009, 08:59:47
 
> Looks like there's nothing that ma ...   Re: Ulrich Drepper strikes again   
Rainer Weikusat
Nov 6, 2009, 10:29:31
 
More correctly, it has no merits for use ...   Re: This idea has no merits.   
Segedunum
Nov 6, 2009, 14:03:35
 
[...].> When you've actually done so ...   Re: Re: This idea has no merits.   
Rainer Weikusat
Nov 6, 2009, 17:40:56
 
> More correctly, it has no merits for u ...   Re: Re: This idea has no merits.   
Rufus Polson
Nov 6, 2009, 17:49:03
 
> Users ultimately care about applicatio ...   Re: Re: This idea has no merits.   
blackhole
Nov 7, 2009, 07:46:39
 
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