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Alec Warner wrote: |
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> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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>> Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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>>> On 00:26 Mon 11 Aug , Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: |
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>>>> My retirement is probably long overdue as I haven't really been active |
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>>>> for several months. It is now clear to me that Gentoo is not moving in the |
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>>>> direction I had wished for and the last council election indicates that most |
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>>>> current Gentoo developers appear to be satisfied with this current |
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>>>> direction. Therefore farewell. If anybody wants to reach me I can be reached |
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>>>> at bo.andresen at zlin.dk. |
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>>> Adios guys, and thanks for all the work you've put into Gentoo while you |
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>>> were here! Best of luck on your future endeavors. |
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>> They always say that stuff but never bother explaining what the direction |
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>> they wish for actually is. As a user I get the impression that there's some |
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>> kind of evil Cabal. |
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> Despite our best efforts Gentoo is not a fun-loving community where |
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> everyone gets along. |
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> If you want to call the fact that the majority of developers want to |
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> go in direction 'X' a cabal; then so be it. |
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> |
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> Many folks are happy at the current pace of development. I imagine |
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> these two folks were frustrated at the lack |
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> of new features in the ebuild spec that were readily available in |
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> kdebuild-1 and decided to move on. More power to them I say. |
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I must apologize for using the word "Cabal". I don't know the |
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developers who resigned at all, nor do I have any clue about the reasons |
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they departed. Leaving with a "Gentoo is not going in the direction I |
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want" is equivalent to "Gentoo is going in the wrong direction" and |
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makes the resignation sound political. I don't get why anyone would |
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resign because of the ebuild spec, but anyway. Resignations in general |
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don't tend to be too honest. "I'm bored dudes, farewell" would probably |
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be perfectly fine. |