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On Monday, 21. January 2008 19:19:12 Steve Long wrote: |
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> And when 90% say they don't like the way they get treated by Gentoo |
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> devs, there is a real issue. |
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"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with |
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the average voter." - Winston Churchill |
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s/voter/user/ |
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> > That being said; talking to users who know what they are doing |
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> > (doubly so when they know more than me) is a delight and I'm |
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> > generally happy to take the time to respond. If there was some way |
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> > to aggregate user complaints into concrete problem sets I'm all ears. |
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> Votes. Require 75% majority from users if you want. |
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No, most of those users do exactly that: They *use* what *we*, the Gentoo |
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developers, provide. They can become developers easily enough and then |
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they may vote all they want. |
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And they can always vote with their feet - on their way out. Gentoo is |
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about choice and one such choice can be to leave. |
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Best regards, Wulf |
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