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On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 04:14, Drake Wyrm wrote: |
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> On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 11:07:12PM -0500, in <49728.141.166.184.215.1075954032.squirrel@×××××××××××××××××××.edu>, Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o> wrote: |
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> > John Nilsson <john@×××××××.nu> wrote: |
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> > > Am I wrong in assuming that the people responsible for FHS has already |
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> > > had this discussion? |
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> > Fortunately we don't blindly follow the lead of others, but instead we |
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> > think for ourselves. While their discussion is useful as a reference, we |
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> > need to agree with their decision before implementing it. |
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> Absolutely! Let us discuss this. |
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> But better would have been for us to discuss this when the folks at |
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> freestandards.org were discussing it. If it's such a bad idea, then |
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> maybe it should have been kept out of the standard. This is one of those |
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> "voice your opinion when it counts" sort of things. Gentoo Linux aims |
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> toward LSB (and therefore FHS) compliance. There is a difference between |
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> "deferring decision-making to others" and "blindly following the lead of |
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> others". Perhaps, though, Gentoo could join some of these working groups |
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> and open a few `liaison' projects thereto. |
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This is a great idea. Any volunteers? I don't have the time for it right |
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now. |
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Donnie |
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