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On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 03:39:33AM +0200, Hendrik Visage wrote: |
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> Hi Daniel, |
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> currently I'm tempted to ask for a team leader position, but at |
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> present I haven't yet decided if the USE system is/will be working |
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> for me as it currently (ie. rc5 build install with a couple of options |
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> removed) doesn't quite work as advertized for me... |
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The USE system *does* indeed work; I am planning to upgrade it and already have |
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the new design in my head (with categories, much easier configuration and 100% |
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backwards compatibility). But I have no time to add new features to Portage; |
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that's where the new team concept comes in. Once the new teams are up and |
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running, I'll finally have some time to focus on *my* area of expertise -- |
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Portage. Until then, all Portage upgrades are on hold as I try to juggle all |
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things Gentoo Linux, live my "real" life and answer gentoo-dev emails to boot. |
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So if you'd like Portage development to speed up (in reality, resume), then the |
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best way to make this happen is to come alongside us, take a personal stake in |
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the success of Gentoo Linux, and put in some solid, consistent long-term work |
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to help us take this OS to the next level. We're in this for the long haul; |
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Gentoo Linux *will* get to the level of refinement that you (and I, and |
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everyone else) desire. But whether we get to that point sooner or later is |
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largely dependent on how much help we get from the Gentoo Linux user community. |
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It depends on all of you who are reading this email. |
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Now that our project is really starting to grow, we need to get more people |
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meaningfully involved in Gentoo Linux development so we can benefit from the |
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economies of scale inherent in free, open software development. Up until now, |
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97% of the work going into Gentoo Linux has come from just two individuals, me |
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and Achim. And for the last year, Achim alone has been doing most of the work |
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while I have been focusing on my IBM dW articles. So, the Gentoo Linux that |
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you use today is effectively the fruit of just two individuals' hard work. My |
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goal is to rally the troops and parallelize our development process. With the |
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committed help of the Gentoo Linux community, this will allow us to *quadruple* |
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(4x!) the rate of Gentoo Linux development in the next 16 weeks, and then |
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double this rate by the end of the year. Imagine what a dramatic positive |
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impact this will have, allowing us to begin PPC and IA64 ports early next year. |
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This dramatic improvement in productivity *is* possible -- if the right people |
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step forward. |
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Best Regards, |
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-- |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |