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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem!
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:02:24
Message-Id: 20120314155956.0e620579@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! by Greg KH
1 On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:22:09 -0700
2 Greg KH <gregkh@g.o> wrote:
3 > The people doing the work today do understand them, by virtue of
4 > doing the work involved, which gives them the say in how it is done.
5 > That's how open source works, why is this ever a surprise to people?
6
7 The problem is that when a small number of people who have commit
8 access to core projects screw everything up and don't fix the mess
9 they're inflicting upon everyone, the only option left with "how open
10 source works" is for someone to fork the code from the point where it
11 all worked. That isn't something that should be done lightly.
12
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14 Ciaran McCreesh

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