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On 15/7/03 10:06 am, "Paul de Vrieze" <pauldv@g.o> wrote: |
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> So please all discuss the merrits of his proposals. I believe that the |
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> problems they try to address are there and are well accepted. |
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I do not intend to make this post a criticism of Zynot, but at the time of |
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the recent fork, some of Gentoo's weaknesses with respect to leadership & |
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openness were highlighted by zwelch. |
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zwelch proposed that his Zynot fork would be characterised by its |
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constitution & democratic nature, and at the same time Gentoo addressed its |
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possible failings in this regard & published guidelines on its |
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restructuring. |
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3 weeks later, Zynot's most popular forum is about a vote to rename the |
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distro..! Even it's current name is unclear - the domain zynot.org is |
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registered, but the mailing lists come with "Re: [zynaut]" in the header. |
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When I visit a distribution's website, I kinda expect to find a page |
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explaining what that distro can so for me; the Zynaught page is essentially |
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a wikki, with its ethical Mission Statement & Zach's story-of-a-fork amongst |
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the most prominent links. I'm not really clear what Zynot can do for me - |
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can I install it on my x86 PC, as an alternative to Gentoo, or is it |
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focusing strictly on the imbedded market..? |
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Undoubtedly, it is early days for the fork, so it is not fair to diss them |
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at this stage - undoubtedly there's stuff going on in the background that |
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won't be apparent to casual observation - but equally it is not appropriate |
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for Gentoo to model itself on Zynot yet..! |
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The restructuring of Gentoo is too recent to have shown results yet, so |
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let's see how that goes before changing things TOO radically. It seems to me |
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to have been a correct & very positive step towards resolving management |
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issues, and additionally (as a result?) there seem to have been a number of |
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very positive proposals (including this one) recently. |
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#gentoo & this mailing list provide great opportunities for devs to get |
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feedback from users - as long as that feedback is not seen to be ignored, |
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then I believe that users will continue to be happy with Gentoo. I, like |
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many others, would prefer Gentoo to be fun & responsive, and that the |
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priority be on development over politics. I have a great deal of confidence |
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that Gentoo will continue to grow strongly, but will switch to Zynot should |
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I feel that it better suits my needs - in this way competition is a Good |
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Thing . |
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Stroller. |
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