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On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 11:06:23AM -0500 or thereabouts, Jeff Smelser wrote: |
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> Whats going on over there? |
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You really shouldn't have included this line as it comes across as very |
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rude. (Not saying you intended it that way -- just that it came across |
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that way) |
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The thing is, there is no "over there". There is only "here". Gentoo is a |
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community distribution. This means that our userbase is responsible for |
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maintaining it. I am, and have always been, a Gentoo user, first and |
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foremost. I didn't like some of the things that were happening with Gentoo |
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at the time, so I volunteered to help fix them. That doesn't mean I'm no |
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longer a Gentoo user -- it simply means I'm a more active participant than |
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some other users. |
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If you don't like the speed at which certain packages are being updated, |
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become part of the solution. Help out with fixing bugs, do testing of ~x86 |
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packages (or whatever your arch is) and post reports on bugzilla for |
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packages that you find to be stable. Write up documentation. Do any of |
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the 10,000 things that need to be done to further the distribution. |
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Gentoo is a meritocracy. The folks who demonstrate competence, dedication |
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and a willingness to participate receive more of a voice in the future of |
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the distribution (by way of CVS access, etc.). |
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--kurt |
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