On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:41:54 +0000
Hugo Mills <hugo@???> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:37:50PM +0000, Samuel Penn wrote:
> > Basically, there is only one version of Gentoo, and no concept of
> > releases or versions of the Gentoo distribution. Individual
> > packages are updated, but you never need to update the
> > distribution itself. It's a bit like your Grandfather's Axe. The
> > axe handed down to you is the same axe your Grandfather used when
> > he was a lad. You've had to replace the handle, and your father
> > had to replace the head, but it's the same Axe.
>
> Heading off on a complete tangent, my parents own "Auntie Sue's
> bench", which is a garden bench that's had the wooden parts replaced
> three times, and the ironwork replaced twice.
>
> These things really do happen in real life. :)
You aren't trying to tell us there are still people around who
don't take broken things to the tip and buy a new whatever :-0
--
John Lewis
Debian (Sid) & the GeneWeb genealogical data server
