Gentoo is having problems, isn't it? (was Re: Conversion to Linux)

[Jeffrey Watts]

Well, to be fair, regardless of its development status it doesn't get
included because it's truly worthless for business use.  It's nearly
impossible to support given the way it's installed.

But yeah, it looks like it's dying to me, too.

Jeffrey.

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 11:46 PM, Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> I'd suspect that Gentoo doesn't get included because it appears to be
> having serious issues with developers not really working well together and
> developing new versions of Gentoo.
>
> New versions keep getting canceled because developers can't agree on the
> proper development of new versions.  2007.1 got canceled (apparently because
> 2007.1 wouldn't get released until 2008), and now I read on Gentoo.org that
> 2008.1 has just been canceled as well.  No one seems to be even trying to
> herd the cats anymore.
>
> Gentoo may not be completely dead, but (metaphorically speaking) John
> Cleese has put its head in striking distance of Eric Idle's club...
>
>

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