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On 18:03 Sat 05 Jan , Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> Am Samstag, 5. Januar 2013, 16:46:07 schrieb Roy Bamford: |
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> > I agree its not 'core business' but Gentoo isn't a business. |
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> Even if you're not a business you should care about maintainable solutions. |
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More importantly, even if you aren't a business (although we are, |
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technically, albeit a not-for-profit one), you should still have a |
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mission that you're focused on accomplishing. Otherwise you can justify |
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anything in the context of Gentoo, when in reality we need to limit our |
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scope to increase our impact. |
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I actually suspect this is a byproduct of Gentoo being many |
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contributors' first OSS development experiences. They're nervous to |
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branch out on their own w/ e.g. a GitHub repo so they initiate |
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*everything* under the Gentoo umbrella. |
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I would argue that defining a clear vision and audience for Gentoo would |
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significantly increase our ability to get useful things done. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Council Member / Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux <http://dberkholz.com> |
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Analyst, RedMonk <http://redmonk.com/dberkholz/> |
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