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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Upcoming posting restrictions on the gentoo-dev mailing list
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 09:53:52
Message-Id: 1515578019.1284.3.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Upcoming posting restrictions on the gentoo-dev mailing list by Eray Aslan
1 W dniu śro, 10.01.2018 o godzinie 08∶48 +0300, użytkownik Eray Aslan
2 napisał:
3 > On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 10:20:56PM +0100, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
4 > > * Posting to the list will only be possible to Gentoo developers and
5 > > whitelisted additional participants.
6 >
7 > This is so contrary to what I and I thought Gentoo stands for:
8 > openness, transparency, inclusiveness even when these require a rather
9 > thick skin and result in high noise. It's a price worth paying.
10
11 Last I checked, Gentoo was a Linux distribution. However, some people
12 prefer to turn it into open discussion forum that has nothing to do with
13 making a distribution.
14
15 >
16 > I guess I should a) pay more attention to council elections b) consider
17 > the idea that the whole council thing as it stands now is just not
18 > working.
19
20 I guess you should have voiced your opinion back when discussion was
21 taking place instead of being hostile *now* because the Council listened
22 to what the developers requested.
23
24 And if you are curious, then I've been asked by multiple developers
25 (and a few users) requesting the restriction, and I haven't been
26 contacted by a single one who asked otherwise.
27
28 --
29 Best regards,
30 Michał Górny

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