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On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 07:18:49AM -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |
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> <chithanh@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Yes, cooperation is better. But the method how to achieve cooperation is |
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> > convincing through arguments, not forcing changes against the wishes of the |
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> > maintainer. |
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> There we disagree. Maintaining a package is a privilege conditioned |
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> on using that power in alignment with our philosophies, not a right. |
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> I wouldn't force the maintainer to actively support any particular |
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> config, but I wouldn't allow them to actively interfere with the |
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> properly-supported work of any project. I'll leave it at that - many |
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> will agree, many will disagree. I'm going to be completely up-front |
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> about my beliefs here, and I'm eager to see how the majority view is |
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> reflected in votes in the hope that the community can pick one |
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> direction and start moving in it either way. |
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I'm going to agree with Rich. Maintaining a package in Gentoo is a |
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privilege; not a right. Maintainers do not own the packages; we as a |
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distribution own them. Packages should be maintained in a manor that is |
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in line with the gentoo philosophy. |
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William |
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