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On Jan 15, 2008 4:05 AM, Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> wrote: |
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> I was really speaking mostly of the people who |
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> dislike the *idea* of an Installer for Gentoo, and then go and bash it |
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> as much as they can without providing any real evidence or reasons, |
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> except for the old faithful "it's against the spirit of Gentoo" reason, |
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> which is a complete fallacy. Again, Gentoo is about empowering the |
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> users to make their own decisions. No, I won't say Gentoo is about |
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> choice, because that is *STUPID* in that it gives people an excuse to |
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> argue about even the biggest piece of junk being added to our tree or |
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> supported, as if we have to, to give them the "choice". Instead, I |
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> prefer the concept of empowering the user to make their own choices, |
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> where they can choose to add anything that they want in their personal |
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> overlay, as we have given them the tools to do so. Now, if a user wants |
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> to use an Installer and someone wants to write the code, who are you (or |
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> I) to say that they are in the wrong? After all, isn't it that idea of |
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> empowering the user *really* the spirit of Gentoo? |
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> I think so. |
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I am very pleased to hear from someone who knows the basis of any |
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opened community rules :) |
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To deal with the top-priority issues and drive Gentoo to the right |
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direction, there is the council in charge of helping devs to go where |
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it needs. But restraining users -or devs- projects is not the right |
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way. |
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Gal' |
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