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Tobias, |
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As a mostly under-spoken developer, I'd like to say that there are many |
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other developers in Gentoo than just those seen regularly on -dev. We |
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also add ebuilds to the tree, but tend to be content minding our own |
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little corner of Gentoo. The number of Gentoo developers, I believe, is |
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in the range of 400, but I've never counted them all. |
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We are all, at our own speeds and in our own ways contributing towards |
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the public domain information that goes into making up Gentoo. Gentoo |
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is not a group of people, it is not the servers or the hardware, it is |
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the sheer amount of data that people have spent their time crafting, to |
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give away for free, so that Gentoo users everywhere can run a good |
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operating system. |
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I cannot speak for the other seldom-seen developers, but I personally |
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tend to accept the advice offered by those accused of inflaming |
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situations. They say that if you can't take jokes, or seem to easily |
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take offense at their words, you should simply ignore them. I have been |
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ignoring most of the -dev goings on for quite some time, and I shall |
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continue to do so for quite some time. Throughout this though, I will |
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still go on maintaining the few ebuilds in the tree that I am care-taker |
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for, until some other kindly soul steps up to take my place. |
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Whilst there are those that want a vision for Gentoo, want to push it |
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this way, or improve it that way, they do not in themselves comprise the |
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entirety of Gentoo, and they too look after ebuilds entrusted to them. |
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Whilst they may be frustrated, wanting a larger goal, some grand |
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direction, there are many, many developers whose only goal is simply to |
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maintain an operating system they like. |
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I hope this offers you a slightly different perspective of this |
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distribution, and perhaps even causes you to reflect on your decision. |
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If you still wish to remove your support, I and I'm sure the other |
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watching developers will understand. If, however, you can see past the |
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frustrations from all those searching for a way to pour their nervous |
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energy into Gentoo, there will be always be some developers in Gentoo |
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who will appreciate your contributions and be thankful that you made them. |
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Thank you for your thoughtful post, |
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Mike 5:) |
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