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Some interesting discussions going on on this list lately... |
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 03:18:53 -0600 |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> wrote: |
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> 1) What engages and inspires us? |
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I found out about Gentoo over a year ago on OSNews, had a look a the |
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website and just thought: "This is it!". The thing I really find |
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inspiring about it is the desire to push the limits and not be yet |
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another Linux distribution. As recent developments show (Portage for OS |
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X, Gentoo/BSD, an ebuild for the mach kernel etc.), it's not even about |
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being a *Linux distribution* at all. For me, personally, Gentoo is an |
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*idea distribution* (does that really sound as pathetic as I think it |
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sounds?). This whole "feeling" around Gentoo made me want to contribute |
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*really* for the first time (ok, I do nothing except some GWN work and |
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throwing random ideas at -dev, but still...), as it seems like a good |
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"framework" of getting interesting things back from your contributions, |
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and often this are things you didn't even think of in the beginning. |
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> 2) How do we formulate this "excitement/spirit" into a collective |
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> vision for Gentoo? |
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Isn't the great thing about Gentoo that *it* adjusts to your vision, |
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instead of forcing *you* to adjust to it's? Honestly, the thing I expect |
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most from Gentoo is to keep all this excellent ideas coming in the |
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future! Even if I'd switch to another operating system (not likely to |
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happen anytime soon), I'd sure keep an eye on Gentoo, just for the fun |
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of all the nice thoughts popping up all the time. |
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> 3) How do we best implement this vision? |
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I like the recent developments in this regard, namely the proposal for |
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the new managment structure and GLEPs (which as a formal way of |
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proposing new features for the distribution can do great things for |
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user-dev interaction). *But* another thing I'd like to see (which may |
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contradict some of my aforementioned thoughts), is Gentoo being a little |
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less of a moving target: clear definitions of goals for a certain |
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release, an easy to access roadmap (both should be taken care of by the |
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new managment structure), clear responsibility for package |
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maintainership (taken care of by herds I guess) and things like this. |
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About how to achieve this I'm not quite sure, although the BSD way of |
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-stable/-current seems to be a viable solution to some of my issues, it |
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somehow doesn't feel "gentooish" to me. |
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Regarding the for-profit/non-profit issue: |
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Coming from a Debian background I'd have nothing against seeing Gentoo |
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become non-profit, but I couldn't really blame anybody for the (IMHO |
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justified) desire to get some food for his work. Guess that's a tough |
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one, and maybe will take some time before a consensus can be reached... |
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Ok, it's already kinda late in my timezone, and I seem to write quite a |
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lot but say little with it, so maybe it's time to go to bed. |
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Michael |
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