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Hi Lance, |
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You started this thread by proposing that: (1) Gentoo is lacking |
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a direction/goal, (2) this is supported by the lack of ground breaking |
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enhancements in the past couple of years. Later in the thread you |
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proposed that (3) the solution may be to appoint a single person to |
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provide a global goal/direction for the project. |
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Looking first at 1 and 2, I think your assumption that ground-breaking |
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enhancements are dependent on direction/goal is false. IMHO any |
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single project within Gentoo can bring ground-breaking enhancements to |
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the distribution without being given prior direction from a higher |
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authority. The places where Gentoo needs improvement are generally |
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well-known, and any developer has the power to bring a design and |
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implementation to the table. The problem here isn't a lack of |
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direction, it's a lack of action, particularly in the areas that *you* |
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consider ground-breaking. What in particular would you like to see? |
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So, keeping in mind that any developer can bring a plan to the table, |
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my understanding of the council is this: In cases where a plan |
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requires broader changes, the role of the council is to make sure that |
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the plan makes sense in the context of Gentoo, where "context" is |
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defined as history, philosophy, and the collection of goals defined by |
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the other projects. It is not the role of the council to cook up the |
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plan, that can be done by any developer(s), including council members |
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if they have any brilliant ideas. ;-) |
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Finally, looking at 3, that statement depends on the relationship |
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between direction/goal and ground-breaking enhancements. If that |
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relationship does not exist, then 3 is moot: Appointing a single |
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individual to lead the project will not have an effect of generating |
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ground-breaking enhancements. |
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Personally, I agree with Grant's and Chris's comments in this thread. |
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There have been some positive changes in the past couple years, and |
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there are people working hard to bring more about. Hopefully we're |
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cultivating an environment where the next major enhancement is just |
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around the corner. What will it be? I'm in favor of leaving that to |
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the individual projects to determine. |
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Regards, |
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Aron |
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Aron Griffis |
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