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On Sun, 2013-06-30 at 13:52 -0500, William Hubbs wrote: |
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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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Overall, I agree with both sides |
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1) What Chí-Thanh said is true: |
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Yes, cooperation is better. But the method how to achieve cooperation is |
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convincing through arguments,... |
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2) What Rich said is also true: |
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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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The main problem here is finding the right balance between convincing |
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(first choice) and mandating (if convincing fails). Unfortunately, like |
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anywhere else in this world, not everyone will agree on where that |
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balance point should be. There will always be extremists on both ends |
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of the debate. It is the developers votes that will determine which end |
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of the spectrum the balance point will be. It is also prudent for them |
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to vote in someone that can see both ends of the spectrum ;) |
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Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o> |
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