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William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> Fact is -dev's volume is getting to the point where it's productivity is |
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> diminishing. Both with dev <-> dev and dev <-> world. The entire idea |
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> here is to help correct that and makes things BETTER :) |
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I hear you. (Although I disagree that there is a relationship between |
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SNR and dev <-> dev and dev <-> world.) |
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And you're right that this is something that is a result of the |
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organisation growing. And so the question we must face is _how_ do we |
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want it to grow. |
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At the moment gentoo-dev is a "one big noisy room" forum. This is seen |
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as a "problem" |
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Propose solutions have included: |
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1) The "Let's divide up the room" solution - (and so we have proposals |
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for gentoo-politics, gentoo-flamewar and other more "specialised" fora) |
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2) The "Let's reduce the people in the room" solution (which is what the |
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OP's porposal is in essence) |
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The first doesn't work because it's well nigh impossible to enforce what |
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is on or off topic. |
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The second "solution" begs the question of "who do we let in the room?" |
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I submit to you that demarcating based on dev status is a Bad Idea. |
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Some devs make the room less productive, some non-devs would make the |
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room more productive. |
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Unfortunately, demarcation of insiders and outsiders by any other means |
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would be arbitrary. |
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We arrive at the the third "solution" |
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3) People in the room can choose to take part in some conversations and |
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ignore others as they see fit. |
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This is basically the first two solutions implemented personally rather |
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than globally. |
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It's easily implemented through filters and sheer common sense. |
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Oh, and it's also the status quo. |
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W. |
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PS. My heart rate and the alarm bells of being close to repeating myself |
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indicate that I'm close to being fuel for flame here. Please excuse if |
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I don't continue to post. Not being rude, just exercising some of that |
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common sense. |
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