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On 11 Aug 2008, at 14:19, Patrick Lauer wrote: |
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> Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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>> On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:51:11 -0700 |
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>> "Alec Warner" <antarus@g.o> wrote: |
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>>> Despite our best efforts Gentoo is not a fun-loving community where |
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>>> everyone gets along. |
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>>> |
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>> Actually, I'd say that's a fairly accurate description of the |
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>> problem. |
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>> Some people think Gentoo should primarily be a fun-loving community |
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>> where everyone gets along, whilst others think Gentoo should |
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>> primarily |
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>> be a first-rate distribution delivering a quality product. |
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> You say that as if it is mutually exclusive. I claim that having fun |
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> leads to quality products because of motivation and the feedback |
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> between people where one challenges the other to do better - I've |
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> seen quite a few examples of such interactions in the past, but |
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> thanks to depressing monologues by people with too much ego that is |
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> becoming more and more rare. |
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> Gentoo is supposed to be fun. |
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> If it stops being fun only grumpy old men will do the bare minimum |
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> to keep things from breaking too badly instead of improving things. |
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> Meh. I demand mandatory fun hours twice a week! And a coffee |
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> machine. And a pony. Yes! A pony! |
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GLEP 57. Coffee machine and Pony Needed. |
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When in need of help, Gentoo needs a knight in shining armour, that |
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usually comes as coffee so to facilitate that we need a coffee machine |
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and a pony. I have just been informed by amne that the pony needs to |
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be pink. |
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