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On Wednesday 14 March 2007, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> So you consider it acceptable to remove the user's ability to use |
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> packages and dependencies of those packages because of some personal |
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> dislikes? |
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It should not be personal dislikes. Such a strong position should be well |
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considered by the ones responsible. Making things personal is highly |
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unprofessional and would hopefully lead to many developers leaving. |
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> What gives Gentoo the right to screw over users in such a manner? |
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Gentoo is gentoo. As a developer I like to think that we keep long term user |
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interests at heart. I also know that I mainly do things out of my own desire. |
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I don't go out looking for users to find out what they want. I look at what I |
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want. (And yes that includes an improved/replaced package manager) |
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What I really don't want however is anyone strongholding gentoo. If it is |
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hurting gentoo to reject the contributions of someone, the situation has |
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already gotten out of hand. I don't believe that people are that |
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irreplaceable. Even if they are, that is something that is damaging to the |
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projects continuity. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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