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Daniel Ostrow wrote: |
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> Here is my take on the issue, it's something I saw happen when Gentoo on |
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> Mac OSX was announced, again with Sunrise, and now with Seeds (also note |
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> I'm not making a value judgment about any of the aforementioned |
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> projects, I just note a similar progression of events). There are those |
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> among us (myself often included, and mostly because I had a hand in the |
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> way the OSX port was handled at the outset) that believe that you |
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> shouldn't announce things in the manner of "Gentoo is doing XYZ now." in |
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> public fora (lists, gwn whataveyou) without first talking internally to |
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> verify the viability of the project, it's impacts on other projects, |
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> potential points of collaboration etc. This also coming up with a |
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> rational reference implementation and a list of tools that you will |
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> need. Now I realize that this means that there is less public visibility |
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> for projects in their larval stage, which can mean less (new) hands |
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> helping to figure out the above, but it also means an informed set of |
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> peers and no surprises. |
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Those of us with that belief ought to realign their actions with the |
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current, democratically approved (woohoo, go democracy!) metastructure |
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proposal. It says anyone can create a project at any time. |
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Whether it comes as an announcement that a new project has been created |
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(which means what exactly? A single webpage in Gentoo CVS at proj/en/? |
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Yeah, let's spaz out over how irreversible that is..) or as a proposal, |
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it's a surprise in the first place and it informs your peers. Either way |
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it ought to get them excited about getting involved and helping to |
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improve plans, not flipping out over how they weren't informed privately |
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in advance because it pertains to them. |
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Private talk on private lists is for closed projects. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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