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Alec, |
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On 06/16/10 06:48, Alec Warner wrote: |
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>> When you are active in Gentoo during one week and less active during the |
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>> next it may happen that people (sometimes jokingly) call you a |
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>> "slacker". This pattern seems to have become common enough that people |
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>> even started calling themselves slackers when they are less active than |
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>> potentially possible. Is this reasonable and healthy? |
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>> No, it isn't. |
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> Why is it unhealthy? |
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I believe it's unhealthy because it's using guilt as a tool. |
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Also, it's inverting being a developer from doing something to not not |
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doing something: inverting being good to not being evil. That's two |
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different things. |
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It's fine to me to beg people to fix certain things and remind them from |
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time to time. Calling people slackers seems respectless to me, though. |
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Everyone is free to do work on Gentoo or not: Gentoo is about choice. |
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> I would hesitate to make the assertion that every minute spent on |
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> Gentoo is a gift. You are not counting the people who do not always |
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> have a positive impact on the community (see the other thread where |
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> you brought up CoC violations and other 'gifts' of community members.) |
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That's a difficult one: I would say it's a gift as long as intentions |
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are good from an ethic(?) point of view. |
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> Do you disagree with the policy that council members should attend the |
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> meetings? If so why? If not, what is wrong with the existing policy; |
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> the wording? |
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It would be good if they joined the meeting, yes. |
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I don't believe anyone needs to be burned or marked a slacker, though, |
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if he doesn't attend. To me the remaining attendees should be able to |
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decide without him (unless quorum(?) has been rejected earlier). |
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> I am unsure what you are actually asking to change. Are you aiming to |
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> change developer behavior? Tools? Processes? |
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I'm asking for a change in thinking and processes. |
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I hope to have made my point a bit more clear. |
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Best, |
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Sebastian |