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foser wrote: |
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> I checked back on the initial announcement, where it Sunrise was made |
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> public as an official Gentoo project without any prior discussion. The |
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> announcement actually stated 'This is an announcement - No flamewars |
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> allowed'. I guess the creators were already aware of the feelings of |
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> some other developers on this issue and decided to just go ahead instead |
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> of going through the proper channels (GLEP?) and do things as they |
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> wished. As we all know this can be very effective, but this particular |
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> time one of the largest and longest ongoing 'discussions' in Gentoo's |
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> history ensued. |
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> If you know it's flamewar material, why do you go ahead |
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> so bluntly with your project ? Why not go trough the proper channels and |
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> discuss it beforehand in a public place ? |
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That's just the way to do it. |
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Excerpt from the metastructure model, chosen by the majority of devs |
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last year (and not my model): |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0039.html |
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A project is a group of developers working towards a goal (or a set of |
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goals). |
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* A project exists if it has a web page at www.g.o/proj/en/whatever that |
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is maintained. ("Maintained" means that the information on the page is |
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factually correct and not out-of-date.) If the webpage isn't maintained, |
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it is presumed dead. |
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* It may have one or many leads, and the leads are selected by the |
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members of the project. This selection must occur at least once every 12 |
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months, and may occur at any time. |
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* It may have zero or more sub-projects. Sub-projects are just projects |
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that provide some additional structure, and their web pages are in the |
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project's space. |
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* Not everything (or everyone) needs a project. |
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* Projects need not be long-term. |
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* Projects may well conflict with other projects. That's okay. |
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* Any dev may create a new project just by creating a new page (or, more |
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realistically, directory and page) in gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en. |
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So you can create projects by creating a directory in |
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gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en, you don't have to announce it (but it's |
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polite to do so), and it may well conflict with other projects, that's okay. |
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You can't blame them for following the right rule. You can blame the |
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rule, though. |
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