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On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 22:31 +0200, Bryan Østergaard wrote: |
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> Consider this my last post ever to gentoo-dev ML if this really goes |
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> through. Degrading non-dev contributers like myself to second-class |
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> citizens is definitely not going to make me want to contribute |
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> anything more. |
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I think the idea is being taken the wrong way. Why would you think you |
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were second class? |
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I take it as internal stuff on -core. Gentoo developers working with |
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each other on -dev. Everyone who wants to work on the Gentoo Project, |
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devs and all can do it in -project. I don't see anything wrong with |
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levels of separation like that. Other than it being different. |
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It's not like all development takes place on the -dev ml. Nor will -dev |
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be private, so the public can still follow. If they need to interact. |
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There is still IRC, Bugzilla, -project, etc. |
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We don't let just anyone have a voice on #gentoo-dev or etc. What would |
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make the -dev ml any different? Which just like on IRC, voices could |
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still be granted to some past devs. If that goes against policy, then |
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that's just a downfall of no longer being a dev. But it might still be |
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possible to have former devs subscribed and able to post to -dev. |
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Either way very few in any position are allowed to retain all power, |
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privileges and etc after leaving the position. What ever it is. That's |
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not a elitist thing. That's just how things are. Doesn't make one better |
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than another, one first class or another second class. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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