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Chrissy Fullam wrote: |
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> Somebody else wrote: |
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>> ... I don't think there is any excuse not to update the published |
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>> release schedule,... |
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> the update is simple: the untimely and quite unexpected surgical |
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> "complication" resulting in the death of my mother has set back a |
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> number of schedules, |
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Lesson: Ask nicely before going into attack mode. Don't assume the |
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worst. Consequently, avoid putting foot in mouth... |
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Try to remember that this is a volunteer-driven effort. If you want it |
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to stay vibrant we need to try to be nice to each other. There have |
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been many occasions where I've needed something from a gentoo dev - if |
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you ask nicely there is a good chance you'll get it, and if you |
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volunteer to help out in some way there is an even better chance. |
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I was just browsing the net today looking for some options for a |
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bootable linux CD that would turn a workstation into a dvdrip cluster |
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node. Sadly I ran into several projects that would be almost exactly |
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what I need, and most are dead for various reasons. Open source is |
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something that needs to be nurtured, and if we don't want to write code |
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the least we can do is offer a little help of some sort to somebody who |
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does. |
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No, that doesn't justify some of the more antisocial behavior some |
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developers dump on users, but I think that Gentoo has managed to put |
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some of that in the past (I've been impressed about how cordially some |
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devs have been getting along in recent months). |
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Sure, maybe some things could be improved. But, new blood is always |
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welcome, and there are signs of new life springing up (recent talk about |
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PMS progressing, innovations in the kde overlay, talk of openrc going |
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mainstream, activity on the -nfp front, etc). Not that it ever really |
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died in the first place, but I think that the future looks good for Gentoo. |
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Let's just try not to stamp out the enthusiasm before it spreads a |
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little more... :) |
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