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C. Brewer wrote: |
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> Is it just me, or does any one else get the feeling that something's gone |
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> wrong with this distro? Lately it seems devs just do what the heck they want, |
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> and the only time anyone notices is if someone is polite to give everyone a |
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> heads-up first. This used to be community development, but had gone to thug |
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> development. If we can't get features we ask for, let's just screw it then |
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> and drop all the use flags. Hell, lets get crazy and impose developer term |
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> limits, that way the jaded devs can be recycled and the fresh blood will |
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> keep the momentum going. And since we're all gonna have huge overlays, cut |
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> back to about 20 devs, that ought to do it, since we'll leave the real work |
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> to the end-user. |
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> If you thought all the above was sheer insanity, it doesn't sound too far off |
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> the crap on this ml, or some of the crap on bugzilla::::( |
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Wow, someone got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning ;) |
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First, most (if not all) of the devs are volunteers. They do this in their spare |
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time. They are not obligated to add every little feature that every user asks |
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for. Like you said, this is community development. If you really want something, |
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do it yourself and submit it. It doesn't mean that they give you whatever you |
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want and you give nothing back. |
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Second, if the senior (and some not so senior) devs want to be jaded, let them. |
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They know what they're doing (for the most part) ;) |
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Last, if you don't like what Gentoo is doing, help fix it or go somewhere else. |
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