From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 14:24:12 -0400 To: jrm8005@gmail.com, 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <378a974db06785ba68237c70411d9e41@kw.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: References: <6aaf2d79af665bf1905db13e44e194e5@quanstro.net> <3c68655ad1dadf393d44b4a945abbd7a@swcp.com> <26f3b3b7fc6f7e8e8d90094305925bdd@kw.quanstro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] nupas update Topicbox-Message-UUID: 24f4fc56-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > I think some of the ideas behind portage are good, e.g. the ability to > handle patches and slim down software via USE flags. this is only necessary if your purpose is to prune overgrown packages. i hope will will solve this problem by not having overgrown pacakges. - erik